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Synchronic — may refer to:*Synchronicity *Synchronic analysis, in linguistics *Synchronicity (disambiguation) … Wikipedia
synchronic — index simultaneous Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
synchronic — 1833 shortening of synchronical (1650s), from L.L. synchronus simultaneous (see SYNCHRONOUS (Cf. synchronous)). Linguistic sense is first recorded 1922, probably a borrowing from Fr. synchronique (de Saussure, 1913) … Etymology dictionary
synchronic — [sin krän′ik] adj. 1. SYNCHRONOUS 2. of or concerned with language, mores, etc. at a given time, without reference to historical antecedents: cf. DIACHRONIC synchronically adv … English World dictionary
synchronic — synchronically, adv. /sin kron ik, sing /, adj. Ling. having reference to the facts of a linguistic system as it exists at one point in time without reference to its history: synchronic analysis; synchronic dialectology. Also, synchronical. Cf.… … Universalium
synchronic — As opposed to diachronic exegesis, synchronic is interested in complete biblical texts as they exist now and in the response of the reader to that text. This response may be from a position of faith or of non faith … Dictionary of the Bible
synchronic — syn•chron•ic [[t]sɪnˈkrɒn ɪk, sɪŋ [/t]] adj. ling. of or pertaining to the study of a language as it exists at one point in time without reference to its history: synchronic linguistics Compare diachronic • Etymology: 1825–35 … From formal English to slang
synchronic — /sɪŋˈkrɒnɪk/ (say sing kronik) adjective 1. synchronous. 2. studying phenomena at a given time or stage without reference to historical data. 3. descriptive or classificatory: synchronic linguistics. Compare diachronic. {Late Latin synchronus +… …
synchronic linguistics — n. the branch of linguistics that analyzes the structure of a language or languages as static, at a given point in their history * * * ▪ linguistics the study of a language at a given point in time. The time studied may be either the… … Universalium
synchronic linguistics — n. the branch of linguistics that analyzes the structure of a language or languages as static, at a given point in their history … English World dictionary
