synchronic
synchronic
Definition
syn·chronic (sin krän′ik)
adjective
- synchronous
- of or concerned with language, mores, etc. at a given time, without reference to historical antecedents
syn·chron′i·cally adverb
synchronic
Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- perspective: He notes that we need not regard such frameworks from a purely synchronic perspective.
- mode: Meanings arise from the ego, the synchronic mode.
- analysis: Furthermore, the structuralist concern with synchronic analysis ignores the way in which genres are involved in a constant process of change.
- approach: Such questions inevitably present problems for a perspective inspired by Saussure's ahistorical, synchronic approach to language.
- view: This is the point at which the diachronic perspective takes over from the synchronic view.
- study: I have seen that a mere synchronic study has very often led to errors and misconceptions.
Modifying Another Word
- purely: He notes that we need not regard such frameworks from a purely synchronic perspective.
Browse dictionary entries near synchronic
- synchronal
- synchromesh
- synchrocyclotron
- synchro-
- synchro
- syncarpous
- sync
- synarthrosis
- synaptosome
- synapsis
