syncretism.

The combining of elements from different beliefs or traditions into a new shared form.

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Words that belong together

• religious syncretism
• cultural syncretism

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The festival reflected a syncretism of local and imported traditions.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Usually uncountable; no ordinary plural in this sense. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common.