The Collaborative International Dictionary
Syncrisis
Syncrisis \Syn"cri*sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a comparison; ?
together + ? to judge.] (Rhet.)
A figure of speech in which opposite things or persons are
compared.
--Crabb.
Wiktionary
syncrisis
n. (context rhetoric English) A figure of speech in which opposite things or persons are compared.