(ˈ)si]n]|kred.ik, sə]n]ˈk-, ]ŋ] adjective
Etymology: syncret ism + -ic
1. : characterized or brought about by syncretism : aiming at or making for syncretism : syncretistic
syncretic religious sect
2. : having absorbed the functions of one or more other grammatical cases
the Latin ablative is a syncretic case