ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Supervenient

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Supervenient is an adjective meaning Supervening; occurring subsequently; coming after something, especially when not causally connected.

Meaning

Supervening; occurring subsequently; coming after something, especially when not causally connected.

More Meanings

  1. (logic, philosophy, of a set of properties) In a relationship with another set such that membership in the other set implies membership in the present set

Example Sentences

If mental properties are supervenient on physical properties, people with identical bodies will also have identical minds.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include transitive, compresent, connex, equipollent, adjunctive, stronger.

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