Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

contingentism

/kənˈtɪn.d͡ʒəntˌɪz.əm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: con-tin-gen-tism
IPA: /kənˈtɪn.d͡ʒəntˌɪz.əm/

18

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The philosophy concerned with the contingency of existence or other metaphysical concepts.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Necessitism is the view that necessarily everything is necessarily something (so ontology is non-contingent). Analogously, permanentism is the view that always everything is always something (so ontology is unchanging). Different ways of developing these views are distinguished. On the other side, contingentism is the negation of necessitism, and temporaryism is the negation of permanentism."
"Throughout this book, I use the term "contingentism" to denote a way of understanding existence that differs usefully from the standard essentialist view."

Etymology

From contingent + -ism.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: contingent

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

contingentisms (plural)

Antonyms

necessitism

Questions

How do you pronounce contingentism?: The recorded pronunciation is /kənˈtɪn.d͡ʒəntˌɪz.əm/.
What does contingentism mean?: The philosophy concerned with the contingency of existence or other metaphysical concepts.
Where does contingentism come from?: From contingent + -ism.

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