synesis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.
  2. The faculty of good judgment or comprehension, passive intelligence.

Pronunciation

/ˈsɪnɪsɪs/ /ˈsɪnəsəs/

Word forms

synesis syneses

Etymology

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

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