"accidentalism" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: accidental + -ism Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|accidental|ism}} accidental + -ism Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} accidentalism (uncountable)
  1. Accidental character or effect. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-accidentalism-en-noun-5uCR59S7
  2. The belief that outward appearance often contrasts with substance or essence (after Thomas Aquinas). Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-accidentalism-en-noun-37fuzL7S
  3. A system of medicine based on belief that symptoms of disease are caused by external factors. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-accidentalism-en-noun-TET-g5eK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ism Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 28 60 8 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 6 26 55 13 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ism: 7 24 54 15
  4. The belief that events happen by random chance, without cause or purpose. Tags: uncountable Translations (belief that events happen by random chance): accidentalism [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-accidentalism-en-noun-7fDkLRfL Disambiguation of 'belief that events happen by random chance': 4 19 17 61

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