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accidentalism

noun
ac·​ci·​den·​tal·​ism
plural -s

Definition of accidentalism

: a theory in philosophy: events can or do occur without cause — compare indeterminism, tychism

First Known Use of accidentalism

1880, in the meaning defined above

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