Aleatoricism vs. Aleatory

Aleatoricismnoun

(art) An artistic technique involving the use of chance to produce an artwork.

Aleatoryadjective

Depending on the throw of a die; random, arising by chance.

Aleatoricism

Aleatoricism or aleatorism, the noun associated with the adjectival aleatory and aleatoric, is a term popularised by the musical composer Pierre Boulez, but also Witold Lutosławski and Franco Evangelisti, for compositions resulting from , with its etymology deriving from alea, Latin for . It now applies more broadly to art created as a result of such a chance-determined process.

‘actions made by chance’; ‘dice’;

Aleatoryadjective

Produced with an element of chance (aleatoricism).

Aleatoryadjective

Depending on some uncertain contingency; as, an aleatory contract.

Aleatoryadjective

dependent on chance;

‘the aleatory element in life’;