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Meaning of "accidentalism" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF ACCIDENTALISM

ˌæksɪˈdɛntəlɪzəm


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ACCIDENTALISM

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Accidentalism is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ACCIDENTALISM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of accidentalism in the English dictionary

The definition of accidentalism in the dictionary is the state of being accidental.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ACCIDENTALISM

anecdotalism · anti-imperialism · anticlericalism · bicameralism · bidialectalism · bilingualism · commensalism · exceptionalism · factionalism · governmentalism · herbalism · hyperrealism · neocapitalism · neorealism · Occidentalism · parochialism · petalism · teetotalism · triumphalism · unilateralism

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ACCIDENTALISM

accident and emergency · accident and emergency department · accident and emergency unit · accident blackspot · accident insurance · accident prevention · accident proneness · accident protection · accident unit · accident-prone · accidental · accidental damage · accidental death · accidental injury · accidentality · accidentally · accidentalness · accidented · accidently · accidentology

WORDS THAT END LIKE ACCIDENTALISM

brutalism · capitalism · citizen journalism · colonialism · formalism · imperialism · individualism · journalism · liberalism · literalism · materialism · metabolism · minimalism · nationalism · Orientalism · photojournalism · professionalism · realism · socialism · surrealism · vandalism

Synonyms and antonyms of accidentalism in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «accidentalism» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ACCIDENTALISM

Find out the translation of accidentalism to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of accidentalism from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «accidentalism» in English.
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accidentalism
1,325 millions of speakers
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accidentalismo
570 millions of speakers
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accidentalism
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accidentalism
380 millions of speakers
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الأعراضية
280 millions of speakers
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accidentalism
278 millions of speakers
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accidentalism
270 millions of speakers
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accidentalism
260 millions of speakers
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accidentalism
220 millions of speakers
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Kemalangan
190 millions of speakers
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accidentalism
180 millions of speakers
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accidentalism
130 millions of speakers
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accidentalism
85 millions of speakers
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Kacilakan
85 millions of speakers
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accidentalism
80 millions of speakers
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நோய்க்குறியடக்கி
75 millions of speakers
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आकस्मिकता
75 millions of speakers
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accidentalism
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accidentalism
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accidentalism
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accidentalism
40 millions of speakers
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accidentalism
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accidentalism
15 millions of speakers
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accidentalism
14 millions of speakers
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accidentalism
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accidentalism
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Trends of use of accidentalism

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ACCIDENTALISM»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of accidentalism
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about accidentalism

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ACCIDENTALISM»

Discover the use of accidentalism in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to accidentalism and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Max Weber on Economy and Society (Routledge Revivals)
ACCIDENTALISM VERSUS STRUCTURALISM For a variety of reasons—some of which we have just considered—contemporary sociology often displays a withdrawal from any attempt at a general theory of unitary phenomena. The search for ...
Robert Holton, Bryan S. Turner, 2010
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Locke's Metaphysics
This is accidentalism, and does entail that none of Locke's features is essential to him. Jonathan Bennett also sees Locke as committed to accidentalism. Despite confessing some sympathy for accidentalism himself, Bennett exposes the view's  ...
Matthew Stuart, 2013
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Science and Society in Ancient India
another possibility, for we are aware of another view current in the ancient times, which is called yadrccha-vada or accidentalism. According to it, all phenomena of nature are due to pure accident. There is nowhere any cause to account for ...
Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya, 1978
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Coming of the Spanish Civil War
This legalistic tactic, known as 'accidentalism', was, in terms of the development of the Republic, far more important than violence. Admittedly, the 'catastrophists' were behind the military rising of 1936 which eventually destroyed the regime.
Paul Preston, 2003
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The Spanish Second Republic Revisited: From Democratic Hopes ...
If one follows this line of argument, the accidentalism and possibilism of Accicin Popular were intended to permit only the conquest of power by legal means, but their ultimate objective was to destroy the republican constitutional order and put  ...
Fernando del Rey Reguillo, Manuel Álvarez Tardío, 2012
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Classical Indian Philosophy of Induction: The Nyaya Viewpoint
Another possible skeptical challenge comes from the doctrine of accidentalism ( āksmikatāvadā) that things either routinely or at least sometimes happen by chance. If this is accepted, it cannot be claimed that, say, smoke is invariably caused ...
Kisor Kumar Chakrabarti, 2010
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Hume, Reason and Morality: A Legacy of Contradiction
accidentalism. (i). Résumé. ofFalk'sargument. Falk, renowned 2for havingintroduced into contemporary moral debate those now ubiquitous terms ' internal' and 'external', uses them with the meaning internalorexternal to anagent, todistinguish ...
Sophie Botros, 2006
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Internal Resistances: The Poetry of Edward Dorn
("The Pronouncement," CP 76). 1. This biographical information is taken from Dorn's 1972 interview with Barry Alpert (/ 7-14). 2. Edward Dorn, "Report from the Front: The First Films. 'This Marvellous Accidentalism' ROBERT VON HALLBERG  ...
Donald Wesling, 1985
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American Poetry and Culture, 1945-1980
8. •. Edward. Dorn: "This. Marvellous. Accidentalism". During the early 1950s, Edward Dorn was one of that vanishing species at Black Mountain College, the students. More precisely, in academic taxonomy, he was a transfer student from the ...
Robert Von Hallberg, 1988
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Thomas Hardy's Tess of the D'Urbervilles: A Sourcebook
In the accidentalism of Hardy's universe we can recognize the profound truth of the darkness in which life is cast, darkness both within the soul and without, only in so far as his accidentalism is not itself accidental nor yet an ideology-obsessed  ...
Scott McEathron, 2005

5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ACCIDENTALISM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term accidentalism is used in the context of the following news items.
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Sport for short attention spans: From Costa's serial accidentalism to …
Diego Costa was branded “not a disgrace” by Mourinho for serial accidentalism with opponents. Those disappointed by the notion of footballers ... «The Times, Jan 15»
2
"Creation vs Evolution" Is Not a Debate -- It's Two
“Creationism vs Accidentalism” is not a scientific debate, since it makes no testable assertions and generates no falsifiable hypotheses. It is a ... «IVN News, Feb 14»
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Ad-Rock Hated "Faggots" and Other Beastie Boys Revelations …
... among their obsessions - elegantly fucked-up hiphop that brings a work ethic to indie-rock accidentalism - but still get by on their DIY cred. «Village Voice, Sep 13»
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Leadership Crisis In Ghana Part lI
... electorate, time, situational accidentalism or inevitability. To wit, it is the people who make and unmake leaders! Albert Cadmus' “The Myth of ... «GhanaWeb, Sep 13»
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Aelita Andre, four-year-old prodigy painter
Art critics have praised her work for its use of the techniques of “automatism” and “accidentalism,” branches of surrealist art. She had her first ... «Washington Post, May 11»
REFERENCE
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