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tychism

tychism noun: a theory suggesting that absolute chance, or indeterminism, is a real factor operative in the universe.

Noun

tychism (usually uncountable, plural tychisms)

  1. (usually) A theory suggesting that absolute chance, or indeterminism, is a real factor operative in the universe.

tychism meaning in Tamil

tychism in Tamil

வாய்ப்பியம், தற்செயல் நிகழ்வியம்

Forms of tychism

pluraltychisms

Origin of tychism

From Ancient Greek τύχη (túkhē, “chance”), and -ism; proposed by the American philosopher Charles Sanders Peirce.

Questions about tychism

What does tychism mean?
Tychism means a theory suggesting that absolute chance, or indeterminism, is a real factor operative in the universe.
What is tychism in Tamil?
Tychism in Tamil is வாய்ப்பியம், தற்செயல் நிகழ்வியம். See Tychism meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is tychism?
Tychism is a noun.
What is the plural of tychism?
The plural of tychism is tychisms.

Words near tychism in the dictionary

  1. Tycen
  2. Tychai
  3. Tyche
  4. Tyches
  5. Tychicus
  6. tychism
  7. tychisms
  8. tychist
  9. tychists
  10. tychite
  11. Tycho

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tychism (page history and authors); tychism (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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