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accidentalism

accidentalism noun: accidental character or effect.

Noun

accidentalism (uncountable)

  1. Accidental character or effect.
  2. The belief that outward appearance often contrasts with substance or essence (after Thomas Aquinas).
  3. A system of medicine based on belief that symptoms of disease are caused by external factors.
  4. The belief that events happen by random chance, without cause or purpose.

accidentalism meaning in Tamil

accidentalism in Tamil

நோய்க்குறிமருத்வம், நோய்க்குறியடக்கி மருத்துவம், இயல்புக்கோட்பாடு, குறிமுறை

Origin of accidentalism

From accidental + -ism.

Questions about accidentalism

What does accidentalism mean?
Accidentalism means accidental character or effect.
What is accidentalism in Tamil?
Accidentalism in Tamil is நோய்க்குறிமருத்வம், நோய்க்குறியடக்கி மருத்துவம், இயல்புக்கோட்பாடு. See Accidentalism meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is accidentalism?
Accidentalism is a noun.

Words near accidentalism in the dictionary

  1. accidental lights
  2. accidental point
  3. accidental points
  4. accidental properties
  5. accidental property
  6. accidentalism
  7. accidentalist
  8. accidentalists
  9. accidentality
  10. accidentally
  11. accidentally on purpose

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Adapted from Wiktionary: accidentalism (page history and authors); accidentalism (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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