Coincidence vs. Synchronicity

Coincidencenoun

Of objects, the property of being coincident; occurring at the same time or place.

Coincidencenoun

Of events, the appearance of a meaningful connection when there is none.

Coincidencenoun

(analysis) A coincidence point.

Coincidencenoun

(geometry) A fixed point of a correspondence; a point of a variety corresponding to itself under a correspondence.

Coincidencenoun

The condition of occupying the same place in space; as, the coincidence of circles, surfaces, etc.

Coincidencenoun

The condition or fact of happening at the same time; as, the coincidence of the deaths of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson.

Coincidencenoun

Exact correspondence in nature, character, result, circumstances, etc.; concurrence; agreement.

Coincidencenoun

an event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental

Coincidencenoun

the quality of occupying the same position or area in space;

Coincidencenoun

the temporal property of two things happening at the same time;

Coincidencenoun

a remarkable concurrence of events or circumstances without apparent causal connection

Coincidencenoun

the fact of corresponding in nature or in time of occurrence

Coincidencenoun

the presence of ionizing particles or other objects in two or more detectors simultaneously, or of two or more signals simultaneously in a circuit.

Coincidence

A coincidence is a remarkable concurrence of events or circumstances that have no apparent causal connection with one another. The perception of remarkable coincidences may lead to supernatural, occult, or paranormal claims.

Synchronicitynoun

(uncountable) The state of being synchronous or simultaneous.

Synchronicitynoun

(Jungian psychology) Coincidences that seem to be meaningfully related; supposedly the result of "universal forces".

Synchronicitynoun

the relation that exists when things occur at the same time;

Synchronicity

Synchronicity (German: Synchronizität) is a concept first introduced by analytical psychologist Carl G. Jung Jung held that to ascribe meaning to certain acausal coincidences can be a healthy, even necessary, function of the human mind—principally, by way of bringing important material of the unconscious mind to attention. This further developed into the view that there is a philosophical objectivity or suprasubjectivity to the meaningfulness of such coincidences, as related to the collective unconscious.During his career, Jung furnished several different definitions of the term, defining synchronicity as , , , and as the .