First Known Use: circa 1797
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phenomenology
noun phe·nom·e·nol·o·gy \fi-ˌnä-mə-ˈnä-lə-jē\
plural phe·nom·e·nol·o·gies
Definition of PHENOMENOLOGY
1
: the study of the development of human consciousness and self-awareness as a preface to or a part of philosophy
2
a (1) : a philosophical movement that describes the formal structure of the objects of awareness and of awareness itself in abstraction from any claims concerning existence (2) : the typological classification of a class of phenomena <the phenomenology of religion> b : an analysis produced by phenomenological investigation
— phe·nom·e·nol·o·gist \-jist\ noun
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Origin of PHENOMENOLOGY
German Phänomenologie, from Phänomenon phenomenon + -logie -logy
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phenomenology
noun phe·nom·e·nol·o·gy \fi-ˌnäm-ə-ˈnäl-ə-jē\
plural phe·nom·e·nol·o·gies
Medical Definition of PHENOMENOLOGY
: the way in which one perceives and interprets events and one's relationship to them in contrast both to one's objective responses to stimuli and to any inferred unconscious motivation for one's behavior; also : a psychology based on the theory that phenomenology determines behavior
—phe·nom·e·no·log·i·cal \fi-ˌnäm-ən-əl-ˈäj-i-kəl\ adjective
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