accidens
accidens noun: synonym of accident (“a property, fact, or relation that is the result of chance or is nonessential or nonsubstantive”).
Noun
accidens (plural accidentia)
- Synonym of accident (“a property, fact, or relation that is the result of chance or is nonessential or nonsubstantive”).
- An Accidens (or accident) of an individual, genus, or species is any attribute which is possessed by it, and which does not follow from, or form a part of, its comprehension. […] If, on the other hand, an accidens is sometimes present and sometimes absent in an individual, […]1886, Prasanna K. Roy, A Text-book of Deductive Logic: For the Use of Students, page 83
- But, where there is no apparent reason why the attribute should always be found in the individuals of a class, it is called an Accidens.1896, James Welton, A Manual of Logic, volume 1, page 86
- Synonyms:
- accident
Synonyms of accidens
Forms of accidens
| plural | accidentia |
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Origin of accidens
From Latin [Term?].
Phrases with accidens
Questions about accidens
- What does accidens mean?
- Accidens means synonym of accident (“a property, fact, or relation that is the result of chance or is nonessential or nonsubstantive”).
- What part of speech is accidens?
- Accidens is a noun.
- What is the plural of accidens?
- The plural of accidens is accidentia.
Words near accidens in the dictionary
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