Crossword clues for epiphenomenon
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"secondary symptom," 1706, from epi- + phenomenon. Plural is epiphenomena. Related: Epiphenomenal.
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context medicine English) A symptom that develops during the course of a disease that is not connected to the disease. 2 (context philosophy psychology English) A mental state or process that is an incidental byproduct of physiological events in the brain or nervous system. 3 Any state, process, or other activity that is the result of another.
WordNet
n. a secondary phenomenon that is a by-product of another phenomenon
[also: epiphenomena (pl)]
Wikipedia
An epiphenomenon (plural: epiphenomena) is a secondary phenomenon that occurs alongside or in parallel to a primary phenomenon. The word has two senses, one that connotes known causation and one that connotes absence of causation or reservation of judgment about it.
Usage examples of "epiphenomenon".
It was always easier for a Trill to view the great emotions of mere humanoid life, the angers and jealousies and other passions that loomed so large to those experiencing them, as mere epiphenomena, ripples on centuries-old seas.
Advocates of scientific materialism now variously regard them as mere epiphenomena, as propensities for behavior, as being equivalent to brain activity, or as bearing no existence whatsoever.