What does "eventuation" mean?

The act of eventuating or happening as a result;

What is a synonym for "eventuation"?

Common synonyms include: accident, by product, consequence, contingency, contingent, corollary.

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Noun

1
The act of eventuating or happening as a result; countable, uncountable
"And yet there is one sense in which the past improves upon the present, for "history" remains its own laboratory of process and eventuation."
2
A final result or outcome; an eventual occurrence. countable, uncountable
"For the present, at all events, he must content himself with the tangible results he had already obtained; deuputing to some good genius who appeared to be interested in his welfare, the eventuation of his more dazzling hopes."

"And yet there is one sense in which the past improves upon the present, for "history" remains its own laboratory of process and eventuation."

From Latin ēventus (“an event, happening”) + -ation, equivalent to eventuate + -ion.

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