adventitionn.
/ˌadv(ə)nˈtɪʃn/, /ˌadvɛnˈtɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌædˌvɛnˈtɪʃən/ Now rare.
The action or fact of occurring adventitiously; extrinsic addition or influence; accidental or incidental occurrence. Cf. advention n.In quot. 1661 as a count noun: something adventitious; an extrinsic addition or influence.
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the world > existence and causation > existence > extrinsicality or externality > [noun] > non-essentialness > that which is non-essential or accident
accidentala1398
adventionc1475
accident1491
circumstance1599
under-accident1632
contingential1647
modality1647
adventitial1652
extrinsical1652
adventition1661
ornamental1774
inessential1778
non-essential1806
1661 O. Felltham Resolves (rev. ed.) l. 285 All things..were meerly Adiaphora, indifferent, neither good nor bad in themselves, but as they were attended by other adventitions.
1671 J. Webster Metallographia viii. 123 The adventition and mixture of extraneous matter.
1795 J. G. Schmeisser Syst. Mineral. II. 365 Place it upon a stand under a glass-bell..to prevent the adventition of dust.
1864 Amer. Lit. Gaz. & Publishers' Circular 1 Dec. 80/2 He addresses himself to the conscience, and makes use of no adventition or eccentric means to arouse the reader's attention.
1883 Trans. Anthropol. Soc. Washington 3 113 Form may have three origins: First, adventition or accident; second, imitation of natural and artificial models; third, invention.
1997 M. Bratton & N. van de Walle Democratic Exper. in Afr. (2002) vi. 215 Despite such adventition, military intervention in Africa still displayed institutional features.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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