The word accidental technically refers to the fact that the note pitch deviates from the key signature - not they symbol itself. That does not mean that when the same type symbol occurs in a key signature - that it should also be called an accidental. To call the sharp symbols or flat symbols in the key signature itself "accidentals" seems very counterintuitive and the usage thereof in that context likely evolved from the simple fact that when we see a sharp or flat or natural sign on a music staff other than in the key signature - those symbols are commonly referred to as "accidentals". Therefore it's adaptation for referring to music notation is quite logically used to define an aberration or deviation from what is prescribed in the key signature. It's quite clear that the English Language translation of accidental implies that it is not on purpose.
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