casualism

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English

Etymology

From casual +‎ -ism.

Noun

casualism (countable and uncountable, plural casualisms)

  2. (uncountable) The doctrine that all things exist, or are controlled, by chance.
  4. (countable) A casual (informal) word or phrase.
    Avoid casualisms when writing business letters.
  5. (art) An art movement characterized by an unpolished esthetic, incorporating such elements as rough or torn edges, exposed staples, etc.

Usage notes

Do not confuse casualism (philosophy of chance) with causalism (philosophy of causes).

Anagrams

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “casualism”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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