systasis

English

Etymology

From post-classical Latin systasis, and its source, Ancient Greek σύστασις (sústasis, “composition, construction”), from συν- (sun-, “syn-”) + στάσις (stásis, “stasis”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪstəsɪs/

Noun

systasis (plural systases)

1. The combination of different elements; synthesis. [from 17th c.]
2. (obsolete, rare) A union or confederation. [18th c.]
   • 1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, page 328:

     The municipal army […] is a worse preservative of a general constitution, than the systasis of Crete, or the confederation of Poland.

Related terms

• systatic