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  • 21explicable — I adjective accountable, apprehensible, ascribable, cognizable, coherent, comprehensible, conceivable, constructable, deducible, determinable, discoverable, easily understood, explainable, fathomable, intelligible, interpretable, knowable,… …

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  • 22Occasionalism — Daisie Radner The seventeenth century doctrine known as occasionalism arose in response to a perceived problem. Cartesian philosophy generated the problem and provided the context for the answer. In the Cartesian ontology, mind and matter are… …

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  • 23explicable — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. explainable, solvable, intelligible; see understandable . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Capable of being explained or accounted for: accountable, decipherable, explainable, illus tratable, interpretable. See… …

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  • 24unaccountable — [adj] not explainable; mysterious arcane, astonishing, baffling, extraordinary, impenetrable, incomprehensible, inexplicable, inscrutable, mystic, odd, peculiar, puzzling, strange, uncommon, unexplainable, unfathomable, unheard of, unintelligible …

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  • 25interpretable — adjective capable of being understood (Freq. 1) explainable phenomena • Syn: ↑explainable • Similar to: ↑explicable …

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  • 26Explicable — Ex pli*ca*ble, a. [L. explicabilis: cf. F. explicable.] Capable of being explicated; that may be explained or accounted for; admitting explanation. Syn: explainable. [1913 Webster] It is not explicable upon any grounds. Burke. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 27Inexplainable — In ex*plain a*ble, a. [Pref. in not + explainable; cf. L. inexplanabilis.] Incapable of being explained; inexplicable. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 28Inexplicable — In*ex pli*ca*ble, a. [L. inexplicabilis: cf. F. inexplicable. See {In } not, and {Explicable}.] Not explicable; not explainable; incapable of being explained, interpreted, or accounted for; as, an inexplicable mystery. An inexplicable scratching …

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  • 29Materialism — Ma*te ri*al*ism, n. [Cf. F. mat[ e]rialisme.] 1. The doctrine of materialists; materialistic views and tenets; called also {philosophical materialism}. [1913 Webster] The irregular fears of a future state had been supplanted by the materialism of …

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  • 30parapsychology — par a*psy*chol o*gy n. The field of study concerned with psychological phenomena not explainable by the laws of physics, especially extrasensory perception, telepathy, psychokinesis, precognition, and clairvoyance. Note: The field is… …

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