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  2. Syncretism - Wikipedia

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    Syncretism (/ ˈ s ɪ ŋ k r ə t ɪ z əm, ˈ s ɪ n-/) [1] is the practice of combining different beliefs and various schools of thought. Syncretism involves the merging or assimilation of several originally discrete traditions , especially in the theology and mythology of religion , thus asserting an underlying unity and allowing for an ...

  3. Syntactic bootstrapping - Wikipedia

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    Children were then presented two distinct follow-up videos. Follow-up video 1: the duck pushing the rabbit Follow-up video 2: the duck and the rabbit are both waving their arms in the air. When instructed to "find kradding", children looked to the video that illustrated the utterance they heard during the initial video.

  4. Syncretism (linguistics) - Wikipedia

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    However, syncretism is also used to describe any situation where multiple syntactical features share the same inflectional marker, without implying a distinction ever existed. [2] The term syncretism is often used when a fairly regular pattern can be observed across a paradigm. [3] Syncretism is a specific form of linguistic homophony.

  5. Category:Syncretism - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Syncretism" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...

  6. Trinidadian Vodunu - Wikipedia

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    Syncretism is another significant aspect of Trinidadian Vodunu, where elements of Catholicism are integrated into the practice. Images of Christian saints and crucifixes can often be found alongside traditional African religious objects within the vodunkwe, the house of the gods.

  7. Shinbutsu-shūgō - Wikipedia

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    Foxes sacred to Shinto kami Inari, a torii, a Buddhist stone pagoda, and Buddhist figures together at Jōgyō-ji, Kamakura.. Shinbutsu-shūgō (神仏習合, "syncretism of kami and buddhas"), also called Shinbutsu-konkō (神仏混淆, "jumbling up" or "contamination of kami and buddhas"), is the syncretism of Shinto and Buddhism that was Japan's main organized religion up until the Meiji period.

  8. Religious syncretism - Wikipedia

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    Religious syncretism is the blending of religious belief systems into a new system, or the incorporation of other beliefs into an existing religious tradition. This can occur for many reasons, where religious traditions exist in proximity to each other, or when a culture is conquered and the conquerors bring their religious beliefs with them ...

  9. Folk Catholicism - Wikipedia

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    Some forms of folk Catholic practices are based on syncretism with non-Christian or otherwise non-Catholic beliefs or religions. Some of these folk Catholic forms have come to be identified as separate religions, as is the case with Caribbean and Brazilian syncretism between Catholicism and West African religions, which include Haitian Vodou, Cuban Santería, and Brazilian Candomblé.