phenomenon

nounrare occurrence; wonder

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noun rare occurrence; wonder

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Word Origin & History

1570s, "fact, occurrence," from Late Latin phænomenon, from Greek phainomenon "that which appears or is seen," noun use of neuter present participle of phainesthai "to appear," passive of phainein (see phantasm). Meaning "extraordinary occurrence" first recorded 1771. Plural is phenomena.

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The nature of the phenomenon was clear, but the laws which governed it were still a mystery.

San Francisco was a pleasure-resort as well as a city, and Salt Lake was a phenomenon.

Duncan observed this phenomenon with natural astonishment not unmixed with awe.

They re-entered the cottage, and sat some time conversing on the phenomenon they had seen.

There was here a phenomenon that no physiologist had yet studied.

I have nothing to say here about the phenomenon of dreaming: I state only the fact.

Sometimes he had found himself wondering at the phenomenon of her attraction for him.

These factors, taken together, make up the phenomenon of Thomas Bewick.

We have already pointed out this phenomenon in speaking of male eroticism.

The modern detractors of marriage too often forget this phenomenon.

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