souinnosti

Souinnosti is a term used in Czech-language academic writing to describe a relationship of co-occurrence or mutual influence between elements, events, or processes. Because it is not a standardized concept with a single universal definition, its precise meaning can vary by discipline and author. In general, it signals that two or more phenomena are interconnected in time, causality, or functional dependence, rather than existing in isolation.

In practice, the concept appears in discussions of causality, correlation, and joint action. In the social sciences, souinnosti may refer to how related variables reinforce one another or how coordinated actions produce a combined effect greater than the sum of their parts. In linguistics or logic, it can be used to describe constraints or dependencies that tie together components of a system. The lack of a rigid, shared definition means that researchers often specify exactly what they mean by souinnosti within their work, including the scope, conditions, and strength of the interdependence they intend to capture.

Because souinnosti is specialized terminology, readers should exercise care and consult the author’s explicit definition when encountered in a text. It is related to, but distinct from, other Czech terms such as součinnost (cooperation or joint action), interakce (interaction), and korelace (correlation).