Syncretism

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paradigm that living organisms interact with their surroundings in a self-regulating system

term referring to Confucianism, Daoism and Buddhism collectively, considered as a harmonious aggregate

in linguistics, a phenomenon in which functionally distinct occurrences of a single lexeme are identical in form; e.g. in English, nominative and accusative forms of “you” coincide

variety of regional or ethnic expressions of Roman Catholicism

cuisine of certain countries colonized by the Spanish, Portuguese and French empires, featuring simple culinary techniques of European origin with local ingredients and influence of the colonized culture

eclectic school of thought

african-American carnival organizations in New Orleans