accidentalist
n. countable C2 Proficiency ac·ci·den·tal·ist
n. a person who believes that chance or luck is the main reason for what happens in the world. They think that things are not planned or meant to be, but just happen by accident.
n. an adherent of accidentalism, the philosophical view that events occur by chance rather than by necessity or design. Often contrasted with determinism or fatalism.
The accidentalist argued that the meeting was just a lucky coincidence.
As an accidentalist, he refused to believe that his career success was the result of any specific plan or effort.
The debate between the accidentalist and the determinist centered on whether the universe's apparent order was a product of inherent laws or a series of random, unconnected events.
- Nounaccidentalism
- Nounaccidentalist
- Nounaccidentality
- Nounaccidentalness
- Adjectiveaccidental
- Adverbaccidentally