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contingency — con·tin·gen·cy /kən tin jən sē/ n pl cies 1: the quality or state of being contingent 2: a contingent event or condition: as a: an event that may but is not certain to occur a contingency that made performance under the contract impossible b … Law dictionary
hazard — n 1. danger, endangerment, risk, jeopardy, threat; peril, imperilment, insecurity, precariousness; crisis, predicament, dilemma. 2. chance, contingency, unpredictability, uncertainty, gamble, venture; accident, surprise, unintentional happening,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
Cinderella effect — This article is about parenting. For the effect with the same name in semiconductors, see floating body effect. The Cinderella effect is a term used by psychologists to describe the high incidence of stepchildren being physically abused,… … Wikipedia
accident — ac·ci·dent n: an unexpected usu. sudden event that occurs without intent or volition although sometimes through carelessness, unawareness, ignorance, or a combination of causes and that produces an unfortunate result (as an injury) for which the… … Law dictionary
Tautology (rhetoric) — In rhetoric, a tautology is an unnecessary (and usually unintentional) repetition of meaning, using different words that effectively say the same thing twice (often originally from different languages). It is often regarded as a fault of style… … Wikipedia
fortuitous — I adjective accidental, adventitious, casual, chance, circumstantial, coincidental, designless, forte oblatus, fortuitus, haphazard, happening by chance, involuntary, lucky, occurring by chance, providential, random, spontaneous, surprise,… … Law dictionary
chance — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Fortuity Nouns 1. chance, accident, lot; fate, kismet, karma (See destiny); Lady Luck, [Dame] Fortune; luck, fortune, hap, hazard; contingency, adventure, fortuity; randomness, indetermination,… … English dictionary for students
chance — I (fortuity) noun advantage, befalling, casus, circumstance, event, favorable time, fortuitousness, good fortune, happening, occasion, opening, suitable circumstance, time associated concepts: arise by chance, last clear chance II (possibility) … Law dictionary
Misattribution of memory — Memory plays an important role in a number of aspects of our everyday lives and allows us to recall past experiences, navigate our environments, and learn new tasks [1]. From this view, information about a source of memory is assumed to contain… … Wikipedia
involuntary — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. spontaneous, instinctive, automatic, reflex. See necessity, unwillingness. Ant., voluntary, intentional. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. unintentional, uncontrolled, instinctive, spontaneous; see… … English dictionary for students
