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A secondary phenomenon that is a by-product of another phenomenon
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epiphenomenon
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"secondary symptom," 1706, from epi- + phenomenon . Plural is epiphenomena . Related: Epiphenomenal .
Wikipedia
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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 ...
Wiktionary
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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 ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a secondary phenomenon that is a by-product of another phenomenon [also: epiphenomena (pl)]
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.