Noun: occasionalism u'key-zhu-nu,li-zum
- (philosophy) a theory that all events are directly caused by God, with created things having no real causal power of their own
"Occasionalism was developed by Malebranche as a solution to the mind-body problem"
- The practice of creating or using words only for specific occasions or contexts
"The author's occasionalism resulted in many unique terms that appeared only once in the novel"
Derived forms: occasionalisms
Encyclopedia: Occasionalism