synchronicity
nounEtymology From synchron(ous) + -icity. From Jungian psychology in the 1920s. By surface analysis, syn- + chron- + -icity; historically, see synchronous § Etymology.
1
The state of being synchronous or simultaneous.
2
Coincidences that seem to be meaningfully related; supposedly the result of "universal forces".
Jungian psychology
- Synonyms
- synchronization, synchroneity
- Antonyms
- asynchronicity, desynchronicity
- Derived terms
- synchronicitous
- Coordinate terms
- serendipity