SYNCHRONICITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does synchronicity mean? 

• SYNCHRONICITY (noun)
  The noun SYNCHRONICITY has 1 sense:

1. the relation that exists when things occur at the same time

  Familiarity information: SYNCHRONICITY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SYNCHRONICITY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The relation that exists when things occur at the same time

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Synonyms:

synchroneity; synchronicity; synchronisation; synchronism; synchronization; synchronizing; synchrony

Context example:

the drug produces an increased synchrony of the brain waves

Hypernyms ("synchronicity" is a kind of...):

temporal relation (a relation involving time)

Derivation:

synchronic (occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase)

synchronic ((of taxa) occurring in the same period of geological time)