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  • 111fortunate — See felicitous, fortuitous, fortunate See fortuitous, fortunate …

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  • 112casual — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. accidental, chance; careless, cursory; irregular, occasional; informal; happy go lucky. See neglect, irregularity. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Accidental] Syn. chance, unexpected, unplanned; see… …

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  • 113contingent — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. possible; provisional, conditional, provisory, dependent; incidental, accidental, casual. See chance, liability, circumstance, qualification. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Accidental] Syn. chance,… …

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  • 114fortunate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. lucky, blest, to be congratulated; auspicious, propitious, opportune, born under a lucky star or with a silver spoon in one s mouth (inf.). See prosperity, success, occasion. II (Roget s IV) modif.… …

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  • 115lucky — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. fortunate, opportune, auspicious; chance, fortuitous. See occasion. Ant., unlucky. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Enjoying good luck] Syn. blessed, successful, prosperous; see fortunate 1 . 2.… …

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  • 116Disorder — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Absence, or want of Order, &c. < N PARAG:Disorder >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 disorder disorder Sgm: N 1 derangement derangement &c. 61 Sgm: N 1 irregularity irregularity Sgm: N 1 anomaly anomaly &c.(unconformity) 83 Sgm …

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  • 117fortune — [13] Latin fors meant ‘chance’ (it came ultimately from Indo European *bhrtis, a derivative of the same base as produced English bear ‘carry’, and hence signified etymologically ‘that which fate brings along’). Formed from fors was fortuna, which …

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  • 118fortuity — 1747, from FORTUITOUS (Cf. fortuitous) + ITY (Cf. ity) …

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  • 119fortuity — for•tu•i•ty [[t]fɔrˈtu ɪ ti, ˈtyu [/t]] n. pl. ties 1) the state or quality of being fortuitous 2) a fortuitous occurrence • Etymology: 1740–50 …

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  • 120Spinoza + ethics of joy —    by Constantin V.Boundas   Deleuze has often been praised for his (Stoic) commitment to the ethics of the event our becoming worthy of the event through the process of counter actualisation of that which is happening to us. But Deleuze has also …

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