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occasionalisms

occasionalisms is the plural of occasionalism.

Meaning of occasionalism

Noun

occasionalism (countable and uncountable, plural occasionalisms)

  1. (uncountable) A metaphysical doctrine that holds that all events are occasioned (caused) by God.
  2. (countable) A nonce word.
    • This measure stems from the observation that productive morphological rules are likely to produce occasionalisms, whereas unproductive rules are not likely to do so. Occasionalisms are thus particularly important for determining productivity.2010, Martin Haspelmath, Andrea D. Sims, Understanding Morphology, second edition, page 130

Questions about occasionalisms

What is occasionalisms the plural of?
Occasionalisms is the plural of occasionalism.

Words near occasionalisms in the dictionary

  1. occasional bookcases
  2. occasional furniture
  3. occasional table
  4. occasional tables
  5. occasionalism
  6. occasionalisms
  7. occasionalist
  8. occasionalistic
  9. occasionalists
  10. occasionality
  11. occasionally

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