phenomenon

Meaning

Noun

• A thing or being, event or process, perceptible through senses; or a fact or occurrence thereof.
• A knowable thing or event
• A kind or type of phenomenon
• Appearance; a perceptible aspect of something that is mutable.
• A fact or event considered very unusual, curious, or astonishing by those who witness it.
• A wonderful or very remarkable person or thing.
• 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).

Related

Similar words

• event
• marvel, miracle, oddity, wonder, legend
• marvel, miracle, phenom, prodigy, wonder, legend

Opposite words

• noumenon, thing-in-itself

Origin

• From Late Latin phaenomenon, from Ancient Greek φαινόμενον, neuter present middle participle of φαίνω.