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of phenomenon" href="/word/phenomenon#etymonline_v_14843">phenomenon<!-- --> <!-- -->(n.)<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>1570s, "a fact directly observed, a thing that appears or is perceived, an occurrence," especially a regular kind of fact observed on certain kinds of occasions, from Late Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">phænomenon</span>, from Greek <span class="foreign notranslate">phainomenon</span> "that which appears or is seen," noun use of neuter present participle of <span class="foreign notranslate">phainesthai</span> "to appear," passive of <span class="foreign notranslate">phainein</span> "bring to light, cause to appear, show" (from PIE root <a href="/word/*bha-#etymonline_v_52589" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of *bha- " rel="nofollow" class="crossreference notranslate">*bha-</a> (1) "to shine"). Meaning "extraordinary occurrence" is recorded by 1771. In philosophy, "an appearance or immediate object of experience" (1788). The plural is <span class="foreign notranslate">phenomena</span>.</p></section></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div></div></div><div data-ad-container="true" class="adContainer--6CVz1 vertical" style="margin-top:1em"><span class="adLabel--35hfi">Advertisement</span><ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7093273770345366" style="display:block;width:100%" data-ad-slot="8757723469" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins></div><div class="ngram--SmXCf"><h3 class="h3_title" title="Trends of phenom">Trends of <i>phenom</i></h3><div class="ngram__container--NwjaG" style="height:180px"><canvas id="ngram-chart"></canvas></div><div class="ngram__footer--3-9dX">adapted from books.google.com/ngrams/. 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class="alphabetical__word--3UeP2">phenomena</p></a><a title="Origin and meaning of phenomenal" target="" rel="nofollow" href="/word/phenomenal"><p class="alphabetical__word--3UeP2">phenomenal</p></a><a title="Origin and meaning of phenomenalism" target="" rel="nofollow" href="/word/phenomenalism"><p class="alphabetical__word--3UeP2">phenomenalism</p></a><a title="Origin and meaning of phenomenology" target="" rel="nofollow" href="/word/phenomenology"><p class="alphabetical__word--3UeP2">phenomenology</p></a><a title="Origin and meaning of phenomenon" target="" rel="nofollow" href="/word/phenomenon"><p class="alphabetical__word--3UeP2">phenomenon</p></a></div></div></div></div><div class="alphabet--3sMXd"><ul class="alphabet__inner--2NEtM"><li class="alphabet__node--huwT8" title="Prefix, suffix and words starting with the letter A"><a rel="nofollow" href="/search?q=a">A</a></li><li class="alphabet__node--huwT8" title="Prefix, suffix and words starting with the letter B"><a 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