(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 3:39:33

Syn"cri*sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. a comparison; together + to judge.] Rhet.

A figure of speech in which opposite things or persons are compared.

Crabb.

 

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