coincidence.
The property of being coincident, occurring at the same time or place.
Meaning & usage
The property of being coincident, occurring at the same time or place.
The appearance of a meaningful connection between events when there is none.
That the two writers were born and died on the same day is just a coincidence, although there are many conspiracy theories about it.
It is sheer coincidence that the cartoon resembles the local politician.
A coincidence point.
A fixed point of a correspondence; a point of a variety corresponding to itself under a correspondence.
Where this word comes from
From Middle French coincidence (French coïncidence). By surface analysis, coincide + -ence.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.