View synonyms for circumstantiality

circumstantiality

[ sur-kuhm-stan-shee-al-i-tee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural cir·cum·stan·ti·al·i·ties

the quality of being circumstantial; minuteness; fullness of detail.
a circumstance; a detail.
Psychiatry. a pattern of speech that seems to wander because of excessive detail but eventuallyreaches its goal idea.

First recorded in 1725–35; circumstantial + -ity

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