SYNERGISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does synergism mean? 

• SYNERGISM (noun)
  The noun SYNERGISM has 2 senses:

1. the working together of two things (muscles or drugs for example) to produce an effect greater than the sum of their individual effects

2. the theological doctrine that salvation results from the interaction of human will and divine grace

  Familiarity information: SYNERGISM used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SYNERGISM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The working together of two things (muscles or drugs for example) to produce an effect greater than the sum of their individual effects

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

synergism; synergy

Hypernyms ("synergism" is a kind of...):

action; activity; natural action; natural process (a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "synergism"):

potentiation ((medicine) the synergistic effect of two drugs given simultaneously)

Derivation:

synergist (a drug that augments the activity of another drug)

synergistic (working together; used especially of groups, as subsidiaries of a corporation, cooperating for an enhanced effect)

synergistic (used especially of drugs or muscles that work together so the total effect is greater than the sum of the two (or more))

Sense 2

Meaning:

The theological doctrine that salvation results from the interaction of human will and divine grace

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("synergism" is a kind of...):

theological doctrine (the doctrine of a religious group)

Derivation:

synergistic (of or relating to the theological doctrine of synergism)

 Context examples 

Numerical result translated into indifference, antagonism, synergism, or additive.

(Antimicrobial Combination Testing Method, NCI Thesaurus)

The effects of an individual SLRP deficiency are tissue specific and a variety of morphological phenotypes are the result of variations in level of expression of individual SLRPs in different tissues and synergisms between different SLRPs (and likely other macromolecules) in determining matrix structures.

(Function of SLRP in Bone Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)