"occasionalism" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: occasionalisms [plural]
Etymology: occasional + -ism Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|occasional|ism}} occasional + -ism Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} occasionalism (countable and uncountable, plural occasionalisms)
  1. (philosophy, uncountable) A metaphysical doctrine that holds that all events are occasioned (caused) by God. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Philosophy
    Sense id: en-occasionalism-en-noun-ZbFyGuLh Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
  2. (linguistics, countable) A nonce word. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en-occasionalism-en-noun-A-0Em81V Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ism Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 77 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ism: 38 62 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

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