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occasionalism
oc·ca·sion·al·ism [ ə káyən'l ìzzəm, ə káynəl ìzzəm ]


noun 
Definition:
 
philosophical theory of cause and effect: a philosophical theory, developed in the 17th century, that assumes that the linkage between both cause and effect and mental and bodily events results from God's continuous intervention

oc·ca·sion·al·ist noun, adjective
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