contingence
[ kuh n-tin-juh ns ]
/ kənˈtɪn dʒəns /
noun
contact or tangency.
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Contingence applicable to Supreme, under new definition only, vi.
Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 4|Plotinos (Plotinus)The one is an eternal and necessary truth, subject to no contingence, no possibility of the opposite.
If we reflect on these considerations, the problem of determinism and of contingence will appear to us in a new light.
Contingence not even applies to essence, let alone super-essence, vi.
Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 4|Plotinos (Plotinus)
British Dictionary definitions for contingence
contingence
/ (kənˈtɪndʒəns) /
noun
the state of touching or being in contact
another word for contingency
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Word Origin and History for contingence
contingence
early 16c., from Medieval Latin *contingentia, from contingent- present participle stem of contingere "to touch" (see contact (n.)).
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