Meaning & use

synchronicity

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The occurrence of events that seem meaningfully related but have no apparent causal connection.

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It felt like synchronicity when both friends called each other at the exact same moment.

The coach called it synchronicity that both injured players recovered in time for the final.

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Popularized by psychologist Carl Jung to describe meaningful coincidences, distinct from mere random chance.

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