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By far the most common and universally accepted plural form is the classical phenomena the Anglicised phenomenons is also sometimes used.

All those alternative forms are pronounced identically with phenomenon and are archaic, except for phainomenon, which sees some technical use in academia and is pronounced with an initial fī ( ,). The form spelt with œ has no etymological basis. Of the alternative forms listed above, phaenomenon, phænomenon, and phainomenon are etymologically consistent, retaining the αι diphthong from its Ancient Greek etymon φαινόμενον ( phainómenon ) in the case of the first two, it is in the Romanised form of the Latin ae diphthong, whereas in the latter it is a direct transcription of the original Ancient Greek.

The universal, common, modern spelling of this term is phenomenon.

The Kantian phenomenon is the real as we are compelled to think it.

1912, Roy Wood Sellars, "Is There a Cognitive Relation?" The Journal of Philosophy, Psychology and Scientific Methods, vol.

234:Įvery " phenomenon" must be, at any rate, partly subjective or dependent on the subject. Tolver Preston, "Comparison of Some Views of Spencer and Kant," Mind, vol.

( philosophy, chiefly Kantian idealism ) 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).

1888, Rudyard Kipling, "The Phantom Rickshaw":īut, all the same, you're a phenomenon, and as queer a phenomenon as you are a blackguard.

"This, sir," said Mr Vincent Crummles, bringing the maiden forward, "this is the infant phenomenon-Miss Ninetta Crummles."

( by extension ) A knowable thing or event ( eg by inference, especially in science ).

Hurricanes are a meteorological phenomenon.

2007, " Ask the Experts: Hurricanes," USA Today, 7 Nov.

The Indians, making a hasty inference from a trivial phenomenon, arrived unawares at a probably correct conclusion. 1900, Andrew Lang, The Making of Religion, ch.A thing or being, event or process, perceptible through senses or a fact or occurrence thereof.Phenomenon ( plural phenomena or ( nonstandard ) phenomenons or phenomenon) ( General American ) IPA ( key): /fəˈnɑmənə/.( Received Pronunciation ) IPA ( key): /fəˈnɒmɪnə/, /fɪ-/.( Received Pronunciation ) IPA ( key): /fəˈnɒmɪnən/, /fɪ-/.phainomenon ( archaic, academic, or technical)įrom Late Latin phaenomenon ( “ appearance ” ), from Ancient Greek φαινόμενον ( phainómenon, “ thing appearing to view ” ), neuter present middle participle of φαίνω ( phaínō, “ I show ” ).