accidentalism

noun

Accidental character or effect. / The belief that outward appearance often contrasts with substance or essence (after Thomas Aquinas).

The painting's beauty was not intentional but rather a result of accidentalism.

意味（1）

Accidental character or effect.

意味（2）

The belief that outward appearance often contrasts with substance or essence (after Thomas Aquinas).

意味（3）

A system of medicine based on belief that symptoms of disease are caused by external factors.

意味（4）

The belief that events happen by random chance, without cause or purpose.