contingence

[ kuhn-tin-juhns ]

noun

1. contact or tangency.

contingence

/ kənˈtɪndʒəns /

noun

1. the state of touching or being in contact
2. another word for contingency

Word History and Origins

Origin of contingence¹

First recorded in 1520–30; conting(ent) + -ence

Example Sentences

If we reflect on these considerations, the problem of determinism and of contingence will appear to us in a new light.

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Here, therefore, are several different senses of the word contingence.

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The one is an eternal and necessary truth, subject to no contingence, no possibility of the opposite.

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Contingence not even applies to essence, let alone super-essence, vi.

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Of Modality: Possibility—impossibility, existence—non-existence, necessity—contingence.

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