accidentalistn.adj.

Brit.

/ˌaksᵻˈdɛntl̩ɪst/, U.S.

/ˌæksəˈdɛn(t)l̩əst/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: accidental adj., -ist suffix.

Etymology: < accidental adj. + -ist suffix. Compare accidentalism n. In sense A. 2 probably after French accidentaliste (1855 or earlier).

A. n.

1. A person who believes that events occur (either generally, or in a particular context) as a result of chance or contingency rather than viewing them as preordained or attributable to a single definite cause. Cf. accidentalism n. 3.

ΚΠ

1829 Morning Watch June 229 The analogical reasoners are in this respect as far from the proper application, as are the accidentalists in their reasonings upon Providence.

1886 C. B. Hassell & S. Hassell Hist. Church of God xix. 649 The ancient Greek tragedians and Stoic philosophers were fatalists; while the Epicureans were accidentalists.

1920 Amer. Med. Oct. 526/2 Do the accidentalists (whom we may thus denote in view of their adherence to the theory of the environmental or accidental determination of character and conduct) dispute the transmission of dominating and distinguishing qualities in cattle?

2002 Albion 34 59 Childs sides with the accidentalists in dismissing claims that Labour's rise was foreseeable in pre-war electoral data.

†2. Medicine. An adherent of the medical theory of accidentalism (accidentalism n. 2). Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

ΚΠ

1878 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Accidentalist, term applied to those who study and treat disease in accordance with the doctrine of accidentalism.

B. adj.

Designating a theory or belief that events occur as the result of chance or contingency; of or relating to such a theory or belief. Cf. sense A. 1.

ΚΠ

1954 A. H. Kamiat Ethics of Civilization xiii. 68 Humanity simply owes its existence to a happy or unhappy series of coincidences, depending on one's point of view. The accidentalist position may be correct, but there appears to be no way of validating it.

1971 Jrnl. Interdisciplinary Hist. 1 205 Perhaps the most articulate proponent of accidentalist explanation has been Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.

1990 Albion 22 75 Their findings seemed to buttress the accidentalist argument: that the split of 1916 was occasioned by the war and would not have taken place without it.

2005 18th-cent. Stud. 38 327 The debate of the Academie Royale des Sciences, in particular Louis Lemery (accidentalist theory) and his ideological adversary Jacques Winslow (providentialist theory).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	accidentalist
释义	accidentalistn.adj. Brit. /ˌaksᵻˈdɛntl̩ɪst/, U.S. /ˌæksəˈdɛn(t)l̩əst/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: accidental adj., -ist suffix. Etymology: < accidental adj. + -ist suffix. Compare accidentalism n. In sense A. 2 probably after French accidentaliste (1855 or earlier). A. n. 1. A person who believes that events occur (either generally, or in a particular context) as a result of chance or contingency rather than viewing them as preordained or attributable to a single definite cause. Cf. accidentalism n. 3. ΚΠ 1829 Morning Watch June 229 The analogical reasoners are in this respect as far from the proper application, as are the accidentalists in their reasonings upon Providence. 1886 C. B. Hassell & S. Hassell Hist. Church of God xix. 649 The ancient Greek tragedians and Stoic philosophers were fatalists; while the Epicureans were accidentalists. 1920 Amer. Med. Oct. 526/2 Do the accidentalists (whom we may thus denote in view of their adherence to the theory of the environmental or accidental determination of character and conduct) dispute the transmission of dominating and distinguishing qualities in cattle? 2002 Albion 34 59 Childs sides with the accidentalists in dismissing claims that Labour's rise was foreseeable in pre-war electoral data. †2. Medicine. An adherent of the medical theory of accidentalism (accidentalism n. 2). Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΚΠ 1878 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Accidentalist, term applied to those who study and treat disease in accordance with the doctrine of accidentalism. B. adj. Designating a theory or belief that events occur as the result of chance or contingency; of or relating to such a theory or belief. Cf. sense A. 1. ΚΠ 1954 A. H. Kamiat Ethics of Civilization xiii. 68 Humanity simply owes its existence to a happy or unhappy series of coincidences, depending on one's point of view. The accidentalist position may be correct, but there appears to be no way of validating it. 1971 Jrnl. Interdisciplinary Hist. 1 205 Perhaps the most articulate proponent of accidentalist explanation has been Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. 1990 Albion 22 75 Their findings seemed to buttress the accidentalist argument: that the split of 1916 was occasioned by the war and would not have taken place without it. 2005 18th-cent. Stud. 38 327 The debate of the Academie Royale des Sciences, in particular Louis Lemery (accidentalist theory) and his ideological adversary Jacques Winslow (providentialist theory). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.adj.1829
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