circumstantiality
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Circumstantiality — Cir cum*stan ti*al i*ty, n. The state, characteristic, or quality of being circumstantial; particularity or minuteness of detail. I will endeavor to describe with sufficient circumstantiality. De Quincey. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
circumstantiality — [sʉr΄kəmstan΄shē al′ə tē] n. 1. the quality of being circumstantial 2. pl. circumstantialities particularity; detail … English World dictionary
circumstantiality — circumstantial ► ADJECTIVE 1) (of evidence) consisting of facts that strongly suggest something, but do not provide conclusive proof. 2) containing full details. DERIVATIVES circumstantiality noun circumstantially adverb … English terms dictionary
circumstantiality — ˌ ̷ ̷kəmzˌtanchēˈaləd.ē, mˌst , aan , ain , ətē, i noun ( es) 1. : the quality or state of being circumstantial: as a. : particularity or minuteness of detail a legend arose of such circumstantiality that the wise historian would hesitate to… … Useful english dictionary
circumstantiality — noun see circumstantial … New Collegiate Dictionary
circumstantiality — /serr keuhm stan shee al i tee/, n., pl. circumstantialities for 2, 3. 1. the quality of being circumstantial; minuteness; fullness of detail. 2. a circumstance; a detail. 3. Psychiatry. a pattern of speech that seems to wander because of… … Universalium
circumstantiality — noun a) Minute detail. b) An irrelevant detail that disturbs ones thought process … Wiktionary
circumstantiality — A disturbance in the thought process, either voluntary or involuntary, in which one gives an excessive amount of detail (circumstances) that is often tangential, elaborate, and irrelevant, to avoid making a direct statement or answer to a… … Medical dictionary
circumstantiality — Synonyms and related words: accuracy, attention to detail, conscientiousness, correctness, criticality, criticalness, delicacy, detail, exactingness, exactitude, exactness, exquisiteness, finicality, finicalness, finickiness, finickingness,… … Moby Thesaurus
circumstantiality — n. quality of being dependent on circumstances, fullness of detail … English contemporary dictionary
