contingence
[ kuhn-tin-juhns ]
/ kənˈtɪn dʒəns /
noun
contact or tangency.
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Origin of contingence
First recorded in 1520–30; conting(ent) + -ence
Words nearby contingence
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Example sentences from the Web for contingence
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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