SYNCHRONICITY


Meaning of SYNCHRONICITY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌsiŋ-krə-ˈni-sə-tē, ˌsin- ]

noun

( plural -ties )

Date: circa 1889

1. : the quality or fact of being synchronous

2. : the coincidental occurrence of events and especially psychic events (as similar thoughts in widely separated persons or a mental image of an unexpected event before it happens) that seem related but are not explained by conventional mechanisms of causality — used especially in the psychology of C. G. Jung

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.