accidentalism

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

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

词源

Etymology tree
English accidental
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)
Proto-Indo-European *-mos
Proto-Indo-European *-mós
Ancient Greek -μός (-mós)
Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der.
English -ism
English accidentalism
From accidental + -ism.
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