Phenomenon

fē-nom′e-non, n. an appearance: the appearance which anything makes to our consciousne , as distinguished from what it is in itself: an observed result: a remarkable or unusual person, thing, or appearance:— pl. Phenom′ena .— adj. Phenom′enal , pertaining to a phenomenon: of the nature of a phenomenon: so strange as to excite great wonder: out of the common.— v.t. Phenom′enalise , to represent as a phenomenon.— ns. Phenom′enalism , the philosophical doctrine that the phenomenal and the real are identical—that phenomena are the only realities—also Externalism ; Phenom′enalist , one who believes in phenomenalism; Phenomenal′ity , the character of being phenomenal.— adv. Phenom′enally .— v.t. Phenom′enise , to bring into the world of experience.— ns. Phenom′enism , the doctrines of the phenomenists; Phenom′enist , one who believes only what he observes, or phenomena, one who rejects nece ary primary principles.— adj. Phenomenōlog′ical .— n. Phenom enol′ogy , a description of phenomena. [Gr. phainomenon — phainein , to show.]