Consisting in mode only; relating to form; having the form without the essence or reality; as the modal diversity of the faculties of the soul.
Word of the Day: Catachrestical
1. Of or pertaining to a mode or mood; consisting in mode or form only; relating to form; having the form without the essence or reality.
2. Indicating, or pertaining to, some mode of conceiving existence, or of expressing thought.
One who regards Father, Son, and Spirit as modes of being, and not as persons, thus denying personal distinction in the Trinity.
1. The quality or state of being modal.
2. A modal relation or quality; a mode or point of view under which an object presents itself to the mind. According to Kant, the quality of propositions, as assertory, problematical, or apodeictic.
Extrinsicality Roget’s Thesaurus §6
N. extrinsicality, objectiveness, non ego, # extraneousness, accident, appearance, phenomenon
Adj. derived from without, objective, extrinsic, extrinsical, extraneous, modal, adventitious, ascititious, adscititious, incidental, accidental, nonessential, contingent, fortuitous, implanted, ingrafted, inculcated, infused, outward, apparent
Adv. extrinsically, 4, modal existence absolute
State Roget’s Thesaurus §7
N. state, condition, category, estate, lot, ease, trim, # mood, pickle, plight, temper, aspect, dilemma, pass, predicament, constitution, habitude, diathesis, frame, fabric, stamp, set, fit, mold, mould, mode, modality, schesis, form, tone, tenor, turn, trim, guise, fashion, light, complexion, style, character
V. be in a state, possess a state, enjoy a state, labor under a state, be on a footing, do, fare, come to pass
Adv. conditionally, as the matter stands, as things are, such being the case, relative
Circumstance Roget’s Thesaurus §8
N. circumstance, situation, phase, position, # posture, attitude, place, point, terms, regime, footing, standing, status, occasion, juncture, conjunctive, contingency, predicament, emergence, emergency, exigency, crisis, pinch, pass, push, occurrence, turning point, bearings, how the land lies, surroundings, context, environment 229a, location 184, contingency, dependence (uncertainty) 475, causation 153, attribution 155
Adj. circumstantial, given, conditional, provisional, critical, modal, contingent, incidental, adventitious, limitative
Adv. in the circumstances, under the circumstances, the circumstances, conditions, thus, in such wise, accordingly, that being the case, such being the case, in view of the circumstances, that being so, sith, since, seeing that, as matters stand, as things go, as times go, conditionally, provided, if, in case, if so, if so be, if it be so, depending on circumstances, in certain circumstances, under certain conditions, if it so happen, if it so turn out, in the event of, in such a contingency, in such a case, in such an event, provisionally, unless, without, according to circumstances, according to the occasion, as it may happen, as it may turn out, as it may be, as the case may be, as the wind blows, pro re nata
Phr. "yet are my sins not those of circumstance", 1, absolute relation
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