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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesepifenômeno
Pronunciation / Transliteration: e-pi-fe-nô-me-nu
"A mente pode ser vista como um epifenômeno da atividade cerebral."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A secondary phenomenon that occurs alongside or as a byproduct of another primary phenomenon, without having any causal effect upon it.
"Some philosophers argue that human consciousness is merely an epiphenomenon of brain activity rather than a driving force itself." - 2
In medicine, a secondary symptom or disease that arises during the course of another condition without being directly caused by it.
"The mild skin rash was treated as a harmless epiphenomenon of the primary viral infection."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Greek prefix 'epi-' meaning 'upon' or 'besides' combined with 'phenomenon', meaning 'appearance' or 'that which happens'. Coined in the late 19th century within philosophy and medicine to describe a secondary symptom or phenomenon that accompanies another without exerting any causal influence on it.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Epiphenomenon" is said worldwide
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épiphénomène
Transliteration: é-pi-fé-no-mèn
"La conscience est parfois perçue comme un simple épiphénomène."
Epiphänomen
Transliteration: e-pi-fä-no-meːn
"Das Bewusstsein wird bisweilen als bloßes Epiphänomen betrachtet."
epifenomeno
Transliteration: e-pi-fe-no-me-no
"Questo comportamento è considerato un epifenomeno del disturbo principale."
epifenómeno
Transliteration: e-pi-fe-no-me-no
"El síntoma se interpreta como un epifenómeno sin mayor relevancia causal."
epifenômeno
Transliteration: e-pi-fe-nô-me-nu
"A mente pode ser vista como um epifenômeno da atividade cerebral."
उपघटना
Transliteration: upaghatana
Script: हिंदी देवनागरी
"चेतना को अक्सर मस्तिष्क की गतिविधि की एक उपघटना माना जाता है।"
副现象
Transliteration: fù xiànxiàng
Script: 中文汉字
"意识有时被视为大脑活动的副现象。"
부수현상
Transliteration: busu-hyeonsang
Script: 한국어 한글
"의식은 뇌 활동의 단순한 부수현상으로 여겨지기도 합니다."
付随現象
Transliteration: fusui genshō
Script: 日本語
"意識は脳の活動の付随現象に過ぎないという説がある。"
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