WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
cir•cum•stan•ti•al•i•ty
(sûr′kəm stan′shē al′i tē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ties for 2, 3.
- Psychiatrythe quality of being circumstantial;
minuteness;
fullness of detail. - Psychiatrya circumstance;
a detail. - Psychiatrya pattern of speech that seems to wander because of excessive detail but eventuallyreaches its goal idea.
- circumstantial + -ity 1725–35