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)

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• "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."