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| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : ey-lee-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, al-ee- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈeɪ li əˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i, ˈæl i- |
Definition of aleatory
Origin :- "of uncertain outcome," literally "depending on the throw of a die," 1690s, from Latin aleatorius "pertaining to a gamester," from aleator "a dice player," from alea "a game with dice; chance, hazard, risk; a die, the dice;" perhaps literally "a joint-bone, a pivot-bone," and related to axis.
- As in unplanned : adj not planned
- At best the actor's is an aleatory profession and, as in all games of chance, the losses score highest.
- Extract from : « My Actor-Husband » by Anonymous
- Some are aleatory, but the light-minded or interested alone call them so.
- Extract from : « Decadence and Other Essays on the Culture of Ideas » by Remy de Gourmont
- This was the aleatory element in life, the element of risk and loss, good or bad fortune.
- Extract from : « Folkways » by William Graham Sumner
- The aleatory element has always been the connecting link between the struggle for existence and religion.
- Extract from : « Folkways » by William Graham Sumner
- It was only by religious rites that the aleatory element in the struggle for existence could be controlled.
- Extract from : « Folkways » by William Graham Sumner
- The folkways, deeply concerned in the aleatory interest, work out the applications.
- Extract from : « Folkways » by William Graham Sumner
- There is behind them an assumption as to the character and logic of the superior powers who rule the aleatory interest.
- Extract from : « Folkways » by William Graham Sumner
- The aleatory element still remains, and it is still irrational, but the attitude of men towards it is changed.
- Extract from : « Folkways » by William Graham Sumner
- There is a great change in the mores of the entire modern society about the aleatory element.
- Extract from : « Folkways » by William Graham Sumner
- Religion, in its connection with marriage, takes its function from the aleatory interest.
- Extract from : « Folkways » by William Graham Sumner
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