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phenomenology
noun
- the philosophical study of phenomena, as distinguished from ontology, the study of being; specif., such a study of perceptual experience in its purely subjective aspect
- a descriptive or classificatory account of the phenomena of a given body of knowledge, without any further attempt at explanation
Related Forms:
- phenomenological adjective
- phenomenologically adverb
- phenomenologist noun
See phenomenology in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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