synesis
English
editEtymology
editAncient Greek σύνεσις (súnesis, “unification, meeting, intelligence”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editsynesis (usually uncountable, plural syneses)
- (grammar) A grammatical construction in which a word takes the gender or number not of the word with which it should regularly agree, but of some other implied word, as in: "If the band are popular, they will play next month."
- (philosophy) The faculty of good judgment or comprehension, passive intelligence.
Synonyms
edit- (grammar): constructio ad sensum