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单词 circumstantiality
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circumstantiality

[ sur-kuhm-stan-shee-al-i-tee ]
/ ˌsɜr kəmˌstæn ʃiˈæl ɪ ti /
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noun, plural cir·cum·stan·ti·al·i·ties for 2, 3.

the quality of being circumstantial; minuteness; fullness of detail.
a circumstance; a detail.
Psychiatry. a pattern of speech that seems to wander because of excessive detail but eventuallyreaches its goal idea.

Origin of circumstantiality

First recorded in 1725–35; circumstantial + -ity

Words nearby circumstantiality

circumspective, circumstance, circumstanced, circumstantial, circumstantial evidence, circumstantiality, circumstantiate, circumstellar, circumterrestrial, circumvallate, circumvallate papilla
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Medical definitions for circumstantiality

circumstantiality
[ sûr′kəm-stăn′shē-ălĭ-tē ]

n.

A disturbance in the thought process by detail that is often tangential and irrelevant.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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