synchronicity
noun
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"It happens to everyone sooner or later: A certain number pops up wherever you go; an old friend you haven't seen in 20 years since high school appears the same day you're looking at her picture in a yearbook; you're singing a song and turn on the radio—and the same song is playing." Such coincidences, here described by Thomas Ropp in The Arizona Republic, March 29,1999, are examples of synchronicity. The concept is linked to the psychology of Carl Jung. Jung didn't coin the word (the "simultaneousness" sense of synchronicity was already in use), but he gave it special importance in his writings. Jung believed that such "meaningful coincidences" play an important role in our lives. Today, some people even look to synchronicities for spiritual guidance.
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Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 28 June 2024
Early blooming, budding plants and trees cause allergies earlier in the year and are disrupting years of synchronicity between pollinators and plants that need them for reproduction.
Tulips, daffodils, and hyacinth begin blooming toward the end of March.
—Veronica Bravo, USA TODAY, 11 Apr. 2024
This kind of synchronicity is commonplace for Barthel and Carter.
—Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 24 June 2024
Previous studies point to the importance of synchronicity in social interactions.
—Cameron Pugh, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 June 2024
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“Synchronicity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/synchronicity. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
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