Occasionalism
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Occasionalism is a noun meaning (philosophy, uncountable) A metaphysical doctrine that holds that all events are occasioned (caused) by God.
Meaning
(philosophy, uncountable) A metaphysical doctrine that holds that all events are occasioned (caused) by God.
More Meanings
- (linguistics, countable) A nonce word.
Example Sentences
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.
Word Forms
- occasionalisms
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include contingentism, eventism, fortuitism, causationism, epiphenomenalism, causationist.
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