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Definition of "phenomena" []

  • Plural of phenomenon. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "phenomena" in a sentence
  • "The man who honestly and unreservedly accepts the testimony of consciousness in all its integrity must answer at once, _we have an immediate consciousness, not merely of the phenomena of mind, but of a personal self as passively or actively related to the phenomena_."
  • "_noumena_, that is, the reason perceives being in and through phenomena, substance in and through qualities; an anticipation of the fundamental principle of modern psychology -- "_that every power or substance in existence is knowable to us, so far only, as we know its phenomena_.""
  • "Looks like the Palin phenomena is sinking slowly into the sunset."