Synchronic Definition

sĭn-krŏnĭk, sĭng-
adjective
Synchronous.
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Synchronous.

Webster's New World
Of or concerned with language, mores, etc. at a given time, without reference to historical antecedents.
Webster's New World

Occurring at a specific point in time.

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Origin of Synchronic

  • From Ancient Greek σύν (sun, “with, in company with, together with") + χρόνος (khrónos, “time")

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Synchronic Sentence Examples

  • He notes that we need not regard such frameworks from a purely synchronic perspective.

  • I have seen that a mere synchronic study has very often led to errors and misconceptions.

  • Meanings arise from the ego, the synchronic mode.

  • Furthermore, the structuralist concern with synchronic analysis ignores the way in which genres are involved in a constant process of change.

  • Such questions inevitably present problems for a perspective inspired by Saussure 's ahistorical, synchronic approach to language.

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SSYSYN

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CICNIC

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