English Explanatory Dictionary

accidentalism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Accidental character or effect.
  2. The belief that outward appearance often contrasts with substance or essence (after Thomas Aquinas).
  3. A system of medicine based on belief that symptoms of disease are caused by external factors.
  4. The belief that events happen by random chance, without cause or purpose.

Word forms

accidentalism

Etymology

From accidental + -ism.

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