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EPIPHENOMENON (epiphenomena)
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Irregular inflected form: epiphenomena
Dictionary entry overview: What does epiphenomenon mean?
• EPIPHENOMENON (noun)
The noun EPIPHENOMENON has 1 sense:
1. a secondary phenomenon that is a by-product of another phenomenon
Familiarity information: EPIPHENOMENON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A secondary phenomenon that is a by-product of another phenomenon
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("epiphenomenon" is a kind of...):
by-product; byproduct (a secondary and sometimes unexpected consequence)
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