- occasionalistic
- oc·ca·sion·al·is·tic
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occasionalistic
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occasionalistic — ə|kāzhənəl|istik, zhnə|li adjective : of or relating to occasionalism or occasionalists … Useful english dictionary
occasionalism — occasionalist, n. occasionalistic, adj. /euh kay zheuh nl iz euhm/, n. Philos. a theory that there is no natural interaction between mind and matter, but that God makes mental events correspond to physical perceptions and actions. [1835 45;… … Universalium
Occasionalism — • The metaphysical theory which maintains that finite things have no efficient causality of their own, but that whatever happens in the world is caused by God, creatures being merely the occasions of the Divine activity. Catholic Encyclopedia.… … Catholic encyclopedia
