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  • noun conflation or reconciliation of different systems of beliefs; syncretism

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  • Yes, syncretization went around all over the ancient world, but it's a rather Graeco-Roman-centric view, in my opinion.

    Stonehenge 2006

  • Yes, syncretization went around all over the ancient world, but it's a rather Graeco-Roman-centric view, in my opinion.

    Archive 2006-11-01 2006

  • Direct Greek influence is attested in the 6th century by a votive inscription to the Greek gods Castor and Pollux at the pan-Latin sanctuary at Lavinium, by the syncretization in Rome of native and Greek deities, and by early 5th-century Roman temples dedicated to Greek deities.

    c. Economy, Society, and Culture 2001

  • "Though Islam is spreading in West Africa, it is being hobbled by syncretization with animism: this makes new converts less apt to become anti-Western extremists ...."

    Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz 2010

  • To expand on this one need only build their own syncretization of religious beliefs.

    Room Eight judgeboyajian 2010

  • To expand on this one need only build their own syncretization of religious beliefs.

    Room Eight 2010

  • To expand on this one need only build their own syncretization of religious beliefs.

    Room Eight judgeboyajian 2010

  • To expand on this one need only build their own syncretization of religious beliefs.

    Room Eight judgeboyajian 2010

  • To expand on this one need only build their own syncretization of religious beliefs.

    Room Eight 2010

  • (Though Islam is spreading in West Africa, it is being hobbled by syncretization with animism: this makes new converts less apt to become anti-Western extremists, but it also makes for

    The Coming Anarchy 1994

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