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10 Language-to-English DictionariesSynchronicity
/ˌsɪŋ.krəˈnɪs.ə.ti/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The simultaneous occurrence of events which appear significantly related but have no discernible causal connection.
"Meeting her exact childhood mentor in a remote foreign city felt like pure synchronicity." - 2
The state of operating at the same time or rate as something else.
"The dancers achieved perfect synchronicity with the rhythm of the orchestra."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Coined by Swiss psychologist Carl Jung in the 1920s from Greek 'synchronos' (synchronous), combining 'syn-' (together) and 'chronos' (time). Originally developed to describe circumstances that appear meaningfully related yet lack a causal connection, closely mirroring the concept of events conspiring.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Synchronicity" is said worldwide
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synchronicité
Transliteration: /sɛ̃.krɔ.ni.si.te/
"Leur rencontre fortuite relevait d'une étrange synchronicité."
Synchronizität
Transliteration: /zʏŋkʁonitɛˈtɛːt/
"Carl Jung prägte den Begriff der Synchronizität für bedeutsame Zufälle."
sincronicità
Transliteration: /siŋ.kro.ni.tʃiˈta/
"Quella straordinaria coincidenza sembrava una pura sincronicità."
sincronicidad
Transliteration: /siŋ.kɾo.ni.siˈdad/
"La sincronicidad de los eventos dejó a todos boquiabiertos."
sincronicidade
Transliteration: /sĩ.kɾo.ni.siˈda.dʒi/
"A sincronicidade entre os pensamentos deles era impressionante."
समकालिकता
Transliteration: samakalikata
"इन घटनाओं में एक अजीब सी समकालिकता थी।"
共时性
Transliteration: gòng shí xìng
"荣格用共时性来解释意味深长的巧合。"
동시성
Transliteration: dongsiseong
"그들의 만남은 놀라운 동시성이었다."
シンクロニシティ
Transliteration: shinkuronishiti
"その偶然の一致はまさにシンクロニシティだった。"
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