syncrisis

noun

1. A figure of speech in which opposite things, people etc. are compared.

   Other aspects were also taken into consideration in the pansophic method, ensuing from the syncrisis of the general and particular.

Where it comes from

From Ancient Greek σύν (sún, “with, together”) + κρίσις (krísis, “judge”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry syncrisis (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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