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synergy|ˈsɪnədʒɪ|
[ad. mod.L. synergia.]
Joint working, co-operation. †a. In general sense. (Cf. synergism, synergist 1.) Obs.
1660Heylin Hist. Quinquart. i. 9 They speak only of such a Synergie, or cooperation, as makes men differ from a sensless stock, or liveless statua, in reference to the great work of his own conversion.
b. In mod. scientific use: Combined or correlated action of a group of bodily organs (as nerve-centres, muscles, etc.); hence, in extended use, of mental faculties, of remedies, etc.
1847tr. Feuchtersleben's Med. Psychol. 88 The transition to the homogeneous is called irradiation (in motor nerves synergy—in sensitive, sympathy). 1867Lewes Hist. Philos. (ed. 3) II. 419 The synergy of organs in producing mental phenomena. 1885J. Martineau Types Eth. Th. (1889) I. 467 The factors of his personality are now a different set of powers, and the product of their synergy cannot therefore be the same.
c. Increased effectiveness, achievement, etc., produced as a result of combined action or co-operation.
1957R. B. Cattell Personality & Motivation xvii. 791 Immediate synergy through group membership..expresses the energy going into the group life as a result of satisfaction with fellow members. 1960R. W. Marks Dymaxion World of Buckminster Fuller 8/1 Fuller refers to the integrated behavior patterns as synergy. 1965H. I. Ansoff Corporate Strategy v. 75 We begin to explore synergy... It is frequently described as the ‘2 + 2 = 5’ effect to denote the fact that the firm seeks a product–market posture with a combined performance that is greater than the sum of its parts. 1974M. B. Brown Economics of Imperialism ix. 228 The world-wide ‘synergy’ of the trans-national company is..the logical conclusion of a long historical process of capital accumulation and territorial assimilation. 1981Economist 28 Nov. 19/2 Others, through mergers (eg, research houses into retail brokerage houses), have demonstrated that there is something to be said for synergy. |