accidentalism
(æksɪˈdɛntəlɪz(ə)m)
[f. accidental a. and n. + -ism.]
1. Accidental manner. In Painting, The effect produced by accidental lights.
| 1851 Ruskin Mod. Paint. I. ii. 4. iii. §4. 287 The constant habit of nature to..make the symmetry and beauty of her laws the more felt by the grace and accidentalism with which they are carried out. |
2. Med. A system of medicine which regards disease as an accidental modification of health and preventible by the arrestment of external causes.
| 1879 Syd. Soc. Lex. |