predicament
noun
an unpleasantly difficult, perplexing, or dangerous situation.
predicamental
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a word derived from
predicament.
Example Sentences
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We have therefore to see whether or not the predicamental relation is, or embodies, any mode of real being adequately distinct from these modes which constitute the other categories.
From Ontology or the Theory of Being by Peter Coffey
This brings us to a second great division of relations, into essential or transcendental and accidental or predicamental.
From Ontology or the Theory of Being by Peter Coffey
From the transcendental plurality or multitude which we have just described we can distinguish predicamental or quantitative plurality: a distinction which is to be understood in the same way as when applied to unity.
From Ontology or the Theory of Being by Peter Coffey
But what about substance or nature as a foundation of predicamental relations?
From Ontology or the Theory of Being by Peter Coffey
About quantity as a foundation for real, predicamental relations there can be no difficulty.
From Ontology or the Theory of Being by Peter Coffey
