Word: 'phenomenon' • Extended Annotations

phenomenon

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from Greek phainomenon "that which appears or is seen"
noun use of neuter present participle of phainesthai "to appear"
passive of phainein "bring to light, cause to appear"

Phenomenon, from Webster's 1913 dictionary:
An appearance; anything visible; whatever, in matter or spirit, is apparent to, or is apprehended by, observation; as, the phenomena of heat, light, or electricity; phenomena of imagination or memory.

phenomenon noun

plural: phenomena: an observable fact or event
plural: phenomena:
- an object or aspect known through the senses rather than by thought or intuition
- a temporal or spatiotemporal object of sensory experience as distinguished from a noumenon
- a fact or event of scientific interest susceptible to scientific description and explanation
a: a rare or significant fact or event
b: plural: phenomenons: an exceptional, unusual, or abnormal person, thing, or occurrence

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noumenon noun
plural: noumena

a posited object or event as it appears in itself independent of perception by the senses

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~☉~	lucid definition; added layer of lucidity, or aethereal context
⚜	classic definition
☣	artificium definition; usually words which have undergone a warped evolution, or a complete perversion of the original sense

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