synesis

English

Etymology

Ancient Greek σύνεσις (súnesis, “unification, meeting, intelligence”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈsɪnɪsɪs/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈsɪnəsəs/

Noun

synesis (usually uncountable, plural syneses)

1. (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."
2. (philosophy) The faculty of good judgment or comprehension, passive intelligence.

Synonyms

• (grammar): constructio ad sensum

Anagrams

• Sisneys