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Definition of "synchronism" []

  • Coincidence in time; simultaneousness. (noun)
  • A chronological listing of historical personages or events so as to indicate parallel existence or occurrence. (noun)
  • Representation in the same artwork of events that occurred at different times. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "synchronism" in a sentence
  • "The pair that develops the best synchronism is usually the pair that wins; two people battling individually are unlikely even to finish."
  • "Ms Katzoff attempts to play up the apparent synchronism of Duchovny's body of dramatic work with his current personal drama."
  • "Geographic synchronism of cycles of small rodent in Norway."