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Definition of Circumstantiality
1. n. The state, characteristic, or quality of being circumstantial; particularity or minuteness of detail.
Definition of Circumstantiality
1. Noun. Minute detail. ¹
2. Noun. An irrelevant detail that disturbs one's thought process. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Circumstantiality
1. A disturbance in the thought process, either voluntary or involuntary, in which one gives an excessive amount of detail (circumstances) that is often tangential, elaborate, and irrelevant, to avoid making a direct statement or answer to a question; observed in schizophrenia and in obsessional disorders. Compare: tangentiality. Origin: L. Circum-sto, pr. P. -stans, to stand around (05 Mar 2000)
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