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occasion
  1. A favorable opportunity; a convenient or timely chance. [from 14th c.]
  2. The time when something happens.
  3. An occurrence or state of affairs which causes some event or reaction; a motive or reason. [from 14th c.]
  4. Something which causes something else; a cause. [from 14th c.]
  5. (obsolete) An occurrence or incident. [14th-18th c.]
  6. A particular happening; an instance or time when something occurred. [from 15th c.]
  7. Need; requirement, necessity. [from 16th c.]
  8. A special event or function. [from 19th c.]
  9. A reason or excuse; a motive; a persuasion.
  10. Synonyms:
  11. Examples:
    1. “The name-giving ceremony is a formal occasion celebrated by feasting and drinking.”
      “There was this one occasion where everything he tried would work flawlessly.”
      “The controversy provided a rare occasion for agreement between the parties.”
occasionalism
  1. (philosophy) A metaphysical doctrine that holds that all events are occasioned (caused) by God himself
  2. (linguistics) A nonce word.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “Throughout Letters, Norris defends his occasionalism against Astell's critiques.”
      “Cordemoy was one of the first, if not the first, to argue that Cartesian metaphysics leads to occasionalism.”
      “Edwards' mental phenomenalism is a natural extension of his occasionalism and views on substance.”
occasioner
  1. agent noun of occasion; one who occasions
occashun
  1. Eye dialect spelling of occasion.
occasionalist
  1. A proponent of occasionalism.
  2. Examples:
    1. “While Cavendish was in many respects a Galenist, I show that she also reinterpreted Galenism in terms of her own theory of matter and an occasionalist theory of causation.”
      “While the opponent here is not identified, the character of his objection strongly suggests that Ibn Sina is dealing with an occasionalist.”
occasionality
  1. The quality of being occasional.
  2. Examples:
    1. “When reflecting on the letter form, More recalls her earlier commentary on the relation between the occasionality of the Pauline epistles and their timelessness.”
occasionalists
  1. plural of occasionalist
occasionalisms
occasioners
  1. plural of occasioner
occashuns
  1. plural of occashun
occasions
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