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syncretistic

sync·re·tis·tic

UK/ˌsɪŋkɹəˈtɪstɪk/ uncommon

adjective

1.

relating to a historical tendency for a language to reduce its use of inflections

  • “modern English is a syncretic language”

Origin

From syncret(ism) + -istic.

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