What does occurrent mean?
Occurrent means Current, actual, occurring..
Occurrent
/əˈkʌɹənt/ · adjective
Meaning
Current, actual, occurring..
Definitions by Sense
- Current, actual, occurring.
- (philosophy, ethics) Pertaining to occurrence; having to do with an occurrence.
- (now chiefly philosophy) An event, something that occurs.
- One who comes to meet another.
Example Sentences
I hold the occurrent belief that I'm writing this sentence
One could imagine, for example, that an occurrent belief (e.g. that I'm allergic to apples) would trigger a dispositional desire (not to get an allergic crisis).
In such a case, my belief that the person I will meet is named Robert Barchi is clearly occurrent.
the only comfort (saith Jovius) he had to ease his melancholy thoughts, was to hear news, and to listen after those ordinary occurrents, which were brought him cum primis, by letters or otherwise, out of the remotest parts of Europe.
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Antonyms for occurrent
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Word Forms
- more occurrent
- most occurrent
- occurrents
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I hold the occurrent belief that I'm writing this sentence
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