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单词 accidentality
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accidentalityn.

Brit. /ˌaksᵻd(ə)nˈtalᵻti/, U.S. /ˌæksədnˈtælədi/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: accidental adj., -ity suffix.
Etymology: < accidental adj. + -ity suffix. Compare post-classical Latin accidentalitas (from 13th cent. in British and continental sources), Middle French accidentalité (15th cent. in apparently isolated use), French accidentalité (19th cent.).
The quality or fact of being accidental (in various senses). Cf. accidentalness n.
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the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > [noun]
i-wonc1275
casec1300
adventurec1325
hap1340
accidencea1393
casualty1423
chefe1440
fortunityc1470
enchance?a1475
accidentc1485
chance1526
contingencec1530
lottery1570
casuality1574
chanceableness1581
contingency1623
fortuitiona1641
fortuitness1643
accidentalness1648
accidentality1651
fortuitousness1652
causelessnessa1660
temerity1678
fortuitya1747
spontaneity1751
felicity1809
accidentiality1814
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > unreliability > [noun] > unpredictability
casualty1503
contingency1635
accidentalness1648
accidentality1651
uncalculableness1831
incalculableness1864
incalculability1873
unpredictability1878
flukiness1888
impredicability1906
1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs 168 In this only supposed Accidentality.
1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) II. 127 Until the facts supporting this opinion of the accidentality of the awns be fairly brought forward, and fully established, we must consider it as a distinct species.
1831 S. T. Coleridge Table-talk 147 I wish..to take from history it's accidentality, and from science it's fatalism.
1887 Chronicle (U.S.) 10 Mar. 113/1 We have already expressed our opinion in regard to the alleged accidentality of insane suicide.
1902 W. James Varieties Relig. Experience xviii. 434 What more ideal refuge could there be than such a system would offer to spirits vexed by the muddiness and accidentality of the world of sensible things?
2003 F. L. Shults Reforming Theol. Anthropol. i. 23 This dialectical unity of substantiality and accidentality flows from Hegel's rejection of the hard distinction between form and content.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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