casualism

From casual +‎ -ism.

casualism (countable and uncountable, plural casualisms)

2. (uncountable, philosophy) The doctrine that all things exist, or are based on, randomness.
4. (countable) A casual (informal) word or phrase.

   Avoid casualisms when writing business letters.

   Synonym: colloquialism

   • 2000, The Oxford Dictionary of American Usage and Style, page 335:

     Try and is, in AmE, a casualism for try to […] In BrE, however, try and is a standard idiom.

5. (art) An art movement characterized by an unpolished esthetic, incorporating such elements as rough or torn edges, exposed staples, etc.

Do not confuse casualism (philosophy of chance) with causalism (philosophy of causes).

• casualist

• “casualism”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• causalism