SYNCRISIS

Meaning of SYNCRISIS in English

(n.) A figure of speech in which opposite things or persons are compared.

Webster's English dictionary. Английский словарь Webster. 2012

SYNCRISIS — noun Etymology: Late Latin, from Greek, combination, comparison, from synkrinein to combine, compare (from syn- + krinein to separate, judge) …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SYNCRISIS — ( n. ) A figure of speech in which opposite things or persons are compared.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SYNCRISIS — /sing"kreuh sis, sin"-/ , n. Rhet. Obs. the comparison of opposites. [ 1650-60; sýnkrisis combination, comparison, equiv. to syn- SYN- …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SYNCRISIS — noun a figure of speech in which opposite things or persons are compared.
Webster English vocab
CHRYSOLORAS, MANUEL — born c. 1353, , Constantinople died April 15, 1415 Greek scholar who was a pioneer in spreading Greek literature in …
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