non-contingentadj.
/ˌnɒnkənˈtɪn(d)ʒ(ə)nt/, U.S. /ˌnɑnkənˈtɪndʒ(ə)nt/ Not dependent on some other condition, circumstance, or variable.
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the mind > will > necessity > [adjective]
necessary?a1425
need-rooted1850
non-contingent1872
1872 N. Amer. Rev. July 88 An affirmation of Sir W. Hamilton that noncontingent truths ‘have their converse absolutely incogitable’.
1890 J. Rankine Erskine's Princ. Law Scotl. (ed. 18) iii. vii. 405 The running of prescription is suspended during the minority of the person who is verus dominus, being lawfully vested with a non-contingent title to compete for possession, or of him who is the true creditor.
1939 A. K. Kurtz & H. A. Edgerton Statistical Dict. 99 Mathematically independent, unaffected by the happening of another event or by the size of another variable. Also called independent, non-contingent, and uncontingent.
1971 Jrnl. Gen. Psychol. 84 326 Ss were given either 30%, 50%, or 70% noncontingent positive E-administered reinforcement.
1990 K. Hawton & J. Catalan Attempted Suicide (BNC) 106 In this case the treatment team may have to accept that the best it can offer is long-term support and encouragement, with treatment sessions being non-contingent on repeats.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1872- foot wobbler
- foot-acted
- foot-and-half-foot
- foot-and-mouth
- foot-binder
- foot-binding
- foot-clew
- foot-cloth
- foot-cloth horse
- foot-cloth mule
- foot-cloth page
- foot-cock
- foot-dibble
- foot-dragger
- foot-dragging
- foot-drop
- foot-failing
- foot-faring
- foot-fault
- foot-faulter
- foot-faulting
- foot-feathered
- foot-firm
- foot-foundered
- foot-free