synchronicity

English

Etymology

From synchron(ous) +‎ -icity. From Jungian psychology in the 1920s. By surface analysis, syn- +‎ chron- +‎ -icity; historically, see synchronous § Etymology.

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Noun

synchronicity (countable and uncountable, plural synchronicities)

1. (uncountable) The state of being synchronous or simultaneous.
2. (Jungian psychology) Coincidences that seem to be meaningfully related; supposedly the result of "universal forces".

Synonyms

• (state of being synchronous): synchronization, synchroneity; see also Thesaurus:simultaneousness

Antonyms

• asynchronicity
• desynchronicity

Coordinate terms

• serendipity

Derived terms

• synchronicitous

Translations

the state of being synchronous or simultaneous

• Bulgarian: едновременност (bg) f (ednovremennost)
• Esperanto: sinkroneco
• Finnish: synkronisuus, yhtäaikaisuus (fi), yhtaikaisuus (fi)
• German: Synchronizität (de) f
• Japanese: 共時性 (kyōjisei), シンクロニシティ (shinkuronishiti)
• Maori: tukutahitanga
• Polish: synchronia f, synchroniczność (pl) f, synchronizm m
• Portuguese: sincronia (pt) f, sincronismo (pt) m

Jungian psychology: coincidences that seem to be meaningfully related

• Finnish: synkronisiteetti
• German: Synchronizität (de) f
• Japanese: 共時性 (kyōjisei), シンクロニシティ (shinkuronishiti)
• Portuguese: sincronicidade (pt) f