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Coincidental
adj
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Occurring as or resulting from coincidence.
"Now, I don't know whether this is an example of nominative determinism – a phrase coined by the New Scientist to describe the phenomenon of one's name determining one's career – or aptonymy, the more coincidental occurrence of one's name being particularly fitting for one's personality, but I came across several such examples in the birding world."
- 2 Happening or existing at the same time.
Adjective
- 1 occurring or operating at the same time wordnet
Etymology
From co- + incidental.
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