English Explanatory Dictionary

occasionalism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A metaphysical doctrine that holds that all events are occasioned (caused) by God.
  2. A nonce word.

Word forms

occasionalism occasionalisms

Etymology

From occasional + -ism.

Translations

Czech: okazionalizmus Estonian: okasionaalsõna French: occasionnalisme German: Okkasionalismus Italian: occasionalismo Korean: 임시어 Latvian: okazionālisms Lithuanian: okazionalizmas Polish: okazjonalizm Russian: окказионали́зм
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