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