coincidence
2
3.8
- noun
- /koʊˈɪn.sɪ.dəns/
- Specialized
:
coincidencia
- The fact that they chose the exact same restaurant for dinner was just a coincidence.
There is a non coincidence between the good, the true, the beautiful.
- There is a non coincidence between the good, the true, the beautiful.
Examples
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Surely, it is no coincidence that he turned completely to sculpture later in his life.
Academic text (1999) -
Facts like that are beyond the realm of coincidence.
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Because at least two people knew that it wasn't a coincidence at all.
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The coincidence of sound brought Janice back to her natural state of alertness.
Fiction book (1999) -
To me, it seemed unlikely that the room's position just behind the notch was a coincidence, but I just couldn't imagine what its purpose was.
Academic text (2009) -
Well, Norman Mailer, he had an interesting theory that he used to explain the strange coincidences in the aftermath of the JFK assassination.
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It was a remarkable coincidence that they arrived at the same time, not having arranged it beforehand.
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Finding an old friend in a foreign country felt like a strange coincidence.
Antonyms
Compounds
A person who finds patterns or special meaning in events that are probably random
How Exact
- Specialized
15
6.5
- Specialized
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3.8
25
3.5
371
1.0
1
6.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
coincidence = coincide (transparent) = co + incide + ence
Formed from the verb 'coincide' + the nominalizing suffix '-ence'; the spatial meaning is a direct extension of 'coincide'.
Etymology
Coincidence comes from the Latin parts co- 'together' and incidere 'to fall', the same idea you see in coincide. It originally meant 'falling in the same place', so a coincidence can also mean two things exactly in the same position or a perfect match in space.