Accidens

Quick meaning: Accidens is a noun meaning (logic) Synonym of accident (“a property, fact, or relation that is the result of chance or is nonessential or nonsubstantive”).

Meaning

(logic) Synonym of accident (“a property, fact, or relation that is the result of chance or is nonessential or nonsubstantive”).

Example Sentences

But, where there is no apparent reason why the attribute should always be found in the individuals of a class, it is called an Accidens.

An Accidens (or accident) of an individual, genus, or species is any attribute which is possessed by it, and which does not follow from, or form a part of, its comprehension. […] If, on the other hand, an accidens is sometimes present and sometimes absent in an individual, […]

Word Forms

• accidentia

Synonyms for accidens

Depending on context, synonyms include accident.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include est, accidentality, accidentalness, attribute, happenstance, accidentalism.

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