synchronicity

Etymology

From synchron(ous) + -icity. From Jungian psychology in the 1920s. Surface analysis, syn- + chron- + -icity; historically, see synchronous § Etymology.

noun

  1. (uncountable) The state of being synchronous or simultaneous.
  2. (Jungian psychology) Coincidences that seem to be meaningfully related; supposedly the result of "universal forces".

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