synesis

English

Etymology

Ancient Greek σύνεσις (súnesis, “unification, meeting, intelligence”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈsɪnɪsɪs/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈsɪnəsəs/

Noun

synesis (usually uncountable, plural syneses)

  1. (grammar) A grammatical construction in which a word takes the gender or number not of the word with which it should regularly agree, but of some other implied word, as in: "If the band are popular, they will play next month."
  2. (philosophy) The faculty of good judgment or comprehension, passive intelligence.

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