Posted on 04/26/2006 6:46:40 AM PDT by VRWCmember
In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".
syncretism • \SING-kruh-tiz-um\ • noun
1. the combination of different forms of belief or practice *
2. the fusion of two or more originally different inflectional forms
*Indicates the sense illustrated in the example sentence.
Example sentence:
Taoism is a syncretism of Buddhism, with its emphasis on meditation, and Confucianism, which emphasizes knowledge and reason.
Did you know?
The ancient Greeks mainly used the term "synkrçtismos" to describe the joining together of Greeks in opposition to a common enemy. In the early 17th century, English speakers adopted the term in the anglicized form "syncretism" to refer to the union of different religious beliefs. Three centuries later, lexicographers of the 1909 edition of Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language added a new definition of "syncretism" ("the union or fusion into one of two or more originally different inflectional forms, as of two cases"), but this specialized sense is rarely encountered outside of the field of linguistics. Some related terms that you might encounter are "syncretize" ("to attempt to unite and harmonize"), "syncretist" ("one who advocates syncretism"), and "syncretic" and "syncretistic" ("characterized or brought about by syncretism").
Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the Word for the Day in a sentence.
The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day.
The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-)
Practice makes perfect.....post on....
Review Threads:
Review Thread One: Word For The Day, Thursday 11/14/02: Raffish (Be SURE to check out posts #92 and #111 on this thread!)
Review Thread Two: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/14/03: Roister
Review Thread Three: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/28/03: Obdurate
Review Thread Four: Word For the Day, Friday 7/25/03: Potation
Review Thread Five: Word For the Day, Monday 8/19/03: Stolid
Review Thread Six: Word for the Day, Tuesday 11/09/2004: Peripatetic (Post #125 may be my best anagram post ever)
Don't blame me--I didn't vote for him. Every once in a while it is a good thing (disgusting, but good) to remember what an absolute PIG Clinton was, and is.
You and me both!!!!
I wonder who will get the permanent 9a-noon radio slot of his.
I haven't listened in awhile. The only way I can get talk radio is over the internet - and it's a hassle. Restricts me to the kitchen to listen.
It is sunny and cold, so I am off for my workout and a movie. BBL
Sunny and cold here as well..........maybe I'll get some work done in this house :)
I'm in before 10am
point taken.
I swear by Apollo Physician and Asclepius and Hygieia and Panaceia and all the gods and goddesses, making them my witnesses, that I will fulfil according to my ability and judgment this oath and this covenant:
To hold him who has taught me this art as equal to my parents and to live my life in partnership with him, and if he is in need of money to give him a share of mine, and to regard his offspring as equal to my brothers in male lineage and to teach them this art - if they desire to learn it - without fee and covenant; to give a share of precepts and oral instruction and all the other learning to my sons and to the sons of him who has instructed me and to pupils who have signed the covenant and have taken an oath according to the medical law, but no one else.
I will apply dietetic measures for the benefit of the sick according to my ability and judgment; I will keep them from harm and injustice.
I will neither give a deadly drug to anybody who asked for it, nor will I make a suggestion to this effect. Similarly I will not give to a woman an abortive remedy. In purity and holiness I will guard my life and my art.
I will not use the knife, not even on sufferers from stone, but will withdraw in favor of such men as are engaged in this work.
Whatever houses I may visit, I will come for the benefit of the sick, remaining free of all intentional injustice, of all mischief and in particular of sexual relations with both female and male persons, be they free or slaves.
What I may see or hear in the course of the treatment or even outside of the treatment in regard to the life of men, which on no account one must spread abroad, I will keep to myself, holding such things shameful to be spoken about.
If I fulfil this oath and do not violate it, may it be granted to me to enjoy life and art, being honored with fame among all men for all time to come; if I transgress it and swear falsely, may the opposite of all this be my lot.
I swear I'll make this patient scream, moan, and weep like a baby while collecting an extraordinary fee from his family, insurance company, and other revenue sources while videotaping it for Dental Parties nationwide!
do you see an obligation to perform artificial insemination or boob jobs in that?
on the other hand, i do see mandatory boob job performance in the dental hippo oath....
And have we not seen recently, instances of natural INSEMINATION by dentists of patients?
As abortions are now legal and performed all too often, it's an easy leap from abortion to these other procedures. And it's an obligation to treat a patient, no matter their "ailment".
inferility is not an AILMENT. as a flat chest is not an AILMENT. and CATHOLIC doctors in CATHOLIC hospitals do not generally perform abortions. just as euthanasia is taking life, so is abortion, and DOING NO HARM means those two practices ARE [SHOULD BE] forbidden. there is absolutely no way that a case can be made for bringing artificial insemination in as covered by the hippocratic oath, any more than plastic surgery and boob jobs.
and the lawsuit deals with doctors refusing to perform art insem on someone as a violation of their religious beliefs. FREEPERS are attempting to obligate them to violate their religious beliefs because of the hippocratic oath. that doesn't cut it. my best friend is a Catholic ob/gyn. she would never agree to perform an abortion, or anything else her religion proscribes
Only with the full service dentists(obligatory Beavis and Butthead reference).
and i lauded you for it : )
What are you doing up so early, Miss Laura? Is this your first time at being first to class?
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