English Explanatory Dictionary

synchronicity

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The state of being synchronous or simultaneous.
  2. Coincidences that seem to be meaningfully related; supposedly the result of "universal forces".

Pronunciation

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Word forms

synchronicity synchronicities

Etymology

From synchron(ous) + -icity. From Jungian psychology in the 1920s. By surface analysis, syn- + chron- + -icity; historically, see synchronous § Etymology.

Synonyms

synchronization synchroneity

Antonyms

asynchronicity desynchronicity

Derived words

synchronicitous
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