synchronicity


syn·chro·nic·i·ty

noun \ˌsiŋ-krə-ˈni-sə-tē, ˌsin-\
plural syn·chro·nic·i·ties

Definition of SYNCHRONICITY

1
: the quality or fact of being synchronous
2
: the coincidental occurrence of events and especially psychic events (as similar thoughts in widely separated persons or a mental image of an unexpected event before it happens) that seem related but are not explained by conventional mechanisms of causality —used especially in the psychology of C. G. Jung

First Known Use of SYNCHRONICITY

circa 1889

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