Phenomenon

Quick meaning: Phenomenon is a noun meaning A thing or being, event or process, perceptible through senses; or a fact or occurrence thereof.

Meaning

A thing or being, event or process, perceptible through senses; or a fact or occurrence thereof.

More Meanings

1. (by extension) A knowable thing or event (e.g. by inference, especially in science).
2. A kind or type of phenomenon (sense 1 or 2).
3. Appearance; a perceptible aspect of something that is mutable.
4. A fact or event considered very unusual, curious, or astonishing by those who witness it.
5. A wonderful or very remarkable person or thing.
6. (philosophy, chiefly Kantian idealism) An experienced object whose constitution reflects the order and conceptual structure imposed upon it by the human mind (especially by the powers of perception and understanding).

Example Sentences

An electromagnetic phenomenon.

Hurricanes are a meteorological phenomenon.

A volcanic eruption is an impressive phenomenon.

In the sense in which we are using the term, the intellectuals are in fact a fairly new phenomenon of history.

Word Forms

• phenomena
• phenomenons

Synonyms for phenomenon

Depending on context, synonyms include event, marvel, miracle, oddity, wonder, legend.

Antonyms for phenomenon

Common opposites include noumenon, thing-in-itself.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include thing, existence, manifestation, reality, appearance, fact.

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