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Definition: Synergism |
SynergismNoun1. The working together of two things (muscles or drugs for example) to produce an effect greater than the sum of their individual effects. 2. The theological doctrine that salvation results from the interaction of human will and divine grace. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "synergism" was first used: 1764. (references) |
Note: Synergism \Syn"er*gism\, noun. [See Synergetic.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definition |
Environment | An interaction of two or more chemicals that results in an effect greater than the sum of their separate effects. (references) |
Mining | A. Action of two agents, usually two chemicals, to produce an end effect greater than or different from the sum of the effects of the two agents acting separately. b. Used in metallurgy with reference to reagent combinations to obtain themaximum possible recovery of ore or metal. (references) |
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Synonym: SynergismSynonym: synergy (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Synergism |
| English words defined with "synergism": synergistic. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "synergism": combined effect ♦ potentiates, potentiating effect. (references) |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | In addition to greatly magnified quantitative effects, synergism can amplify qualitative effects when different chemicals act on different signaling pathways involved in the hormone action in target cells. (references) | |
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| "Synergism" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Synergism" is used about 5 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 5 | 157,705 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "synergism": muscle synergism. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
synergism | 20 |
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| Language | Translations for "synergism"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 协同作" (synergistic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | synergie. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | gyógyszerek szinergizmusa. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 相乗作" , 相乗 (multiplication). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | そうじょうさよう, そうじょう (disturbance, high Buddhist priest, multiplication, report to the Emperor, riot, stratified). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ynergismsay синергизм. (various references) synergi. (various references) การเสริมกัน. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | synergos. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "synergism": synergisms. (additional references) | |
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"Synergism" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: synergi, synergise, synergisim, synergyse. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "synergism" (pronounced si"nerji'zum) |
| 4 | -i' z u m | abolitionism, absenteeism, absolutism, activism, adventurism, agrarianism, alcoholism, altruism, amateurism, anachronism, aneurism, animism, antagonism, aphorism, astigmatism, atavism, atheism, authoritarianism, autism, baptism, barbarism, bilingualism, bolshevism, boosterism, botulism, cannibalism, capitalism, catechism, centralism, chauvinism, classicism, collectivism, colonialism, commercialism, communism, conservatism, consumerism, corporatism, counterterrorism, creationism, criticism, cronyism, cubism, cynicism, dandyism, defeatism, deism, despotism, determinism, diamagnetism, diastrophism, dimorphism, dogmatism, Druidism, dualism, dwarfism, dynamism, egalitarianism, egoism, egotism, electromagnetism, elitism, embolism, emotionalism, empiricism, entrepreneurialism, environmentalism, ergotism, eroticism, escapism, ethnocentrism, euphemism, evangelism, expansionism, expressionism, extremism, factionalism, fanaticism, fascism, fatalism, favoritism, federalism, feminism, ferromagnetism, fetishism, feudalism, formalism, fundamentalism, futurism, geotropism, gnosticism, gradualism, hedonism, helotism, heroism, hooliganism, humanism, hypnotism, idealism, illusionism, imperialism, impressionism, incrementalism, individualism, intellectualism, internationalism, interventionism, Irredentism, isolationism, isomorphism, jingoism, journalism, leftism, legalism, lesbianism, liberalism, lyricism, magnetism, mannerism, masochism, materialism, mechanism, mercantilism, mesmerism, metabolism, methodism, microorganism, militarism, minimalism, modernism, monasticism, monetarism, monism, monotheism, moralism, multiculturalism, multilateralism, mutualism, mysticism, narcissism, nationalism, nativism, naturalism, negativism, nepotism, neutralism, nihilism, obstructionism, opportunism, optimism, organism, ostracism, overoptimism, pacifism, paganism, parallelism, parkinsonism, parochialism, pastoralism, paternalism, patriotism, perfectionism, pessimism, pharisaism, pietism, plagiarism, pluralism, polymorphism, polytheism, populism, positivism, pragmatism, professionalism, protectionism, provincialism, puritanism, racialism, racism, radicalism, realism, recidivism, relativism, republicanism, revisionism, rheumatism, romanticism, sadism, satanism, sectarianism, secularism, sensationalism, separatism, sexism, skepticism, socialism, statism, stoicism, supernaturalism, surrealism, symbolism, territorialism, terrorism, theism, tokenism, totalitarianism, tourism, truism, unionism, vandalism, vegetarianism, vigilantism, voluntarism, volunteerism, voyeurism. |
| 3 | -z u m | bosom, careerism, chasm, cytoplasm, enthusiasm, iconoclasm, ism, microcosm, neoplasm, orgasm, phantasm, prism, sarcasm, schism, spasm. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-g-i-m-n-r-s-s-y" | |
-1 letter: grimness, syringes. | |
-2 letters: ingress, messing, resigns, signers, singers, syringe, yessing. | |
-3 letters: gneiss, grimes, miners, misers, misery, reigns, remiss, renigs, resign, resins, resiny, rinses, sering, serins, signer, singer, singes, sirens, syrens. | |
-4 letters: emirs, eying, germs, germy, girns, greys, grime, grimy, grins, gyres, meiny, messy, miens, miner, mines, mingy, mires, miser, mises, missy, reign, reins, renig. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-g-i-m-n-r-s-s-y" | |
+1 letter: synergisms. | |
+4 letters: embryogenesis, gymnospermies. | |
+5 letters: embarrassingly, syringomyelias. | |
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