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casualism

noun

Etymology

From casual + -ism.

  1. derived from cāsuālis
  2. borrowed from casuel
  3. suffixed as casualism — “casual + ism”

Definitions

  1. The doctrine that all things exist, or are based on, randomness.

  2. A casual (informal) word or phrase.

    • Avoid casualisms when writing business letters.
    • Try and is, in AmE, a casualism for try to […] In BrE, however, try and is a standard idiom.

  3. An art movement characterized by an unpolished esthetic, incorporating such elements as…

    An art movement characterized by an unpolished esthetic, incorporating such elements as rough or torn edges, exposed staples, etc.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for casualism. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA