adventitiousnessn.
/ˌadv(ə)nˈtɪʃəsnəs/, /ˌadvɛnˈtɪʃəsnəs/, U.S. /ˌædˌvɛnˈtɪʃəsnəs/ The quality or state of being adventitious.
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the world > existence and causation > existence > extrinsicality or externality > [noun] > non-essentialness
modality1545
adventitiousness1794
contingentialness1865
inessentiality1890
the world > life > biology > organism > organ or part of organism > [noun] > condition of occurring in an unusual place
adventitiousness1847–9
1794 Lit. & Crit. Remarks 286 Is not ‘I know that the principles of every passion and appetite be latent in the human character’..rather an impious declaration against..Locke's doctrine of adventitiousness?
1847–9 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. IV. i. 71/1 The character of adventitiousness is conceived to arise in three different ways.
1904 Pedagogical Seminary June 244 Lofty contemplation, ascents of the dignity of man apart from all the adventitiousness of wealth and station.
1999 Hudson Rev. 51 684 He does not explain how it could be possible to peel away all the layers of culture-driven adventitiousness and still have as residue an authentic self.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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n.1794