epiphenomenon

Examples

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• The epidemic use of psychotropic drugs is an epiphenomenon of 20th and 21st century Western culture.

  Blog text (6)

• Williams himself put forth a theory that aging was an epiphenomenon, a side effect of selection going for broke in its quest for faster reproduction.

  Academic text (2002)

• And it's clearly an epiphenomenon of our modern circumstances, our modern way of life.

  Danny Jones

• Is the church rapidly becoming an epiphenomenon in the post-socialist era?

  Academic text (1996)

• The whole human project is not simply an accident, an epiphenomenon, with no deeper guiding archetypal meaning.

  Academic text (2001)

• You could think of music as an epiphenomenon—something that happens when people do things.

  Academic text (2008)

• Surgical waiting lists are an often criticized epiphenomenon of supply-demand mismatch within single-payer universal health care systems.

  Academic text (1995)

• Before long, philosophers were concluding that the human mind was a mere epiphenomenon, devoid of substance and autonomy; thus, they undercut the prospects of immortality.

  Academic text (1995)

• The rise in digital communication is an epiphenomenon of the increasing use of technology in our daily lives.

• The popularity of smartphone apps is merely an epiphenomenon resulting from the shift in consumer behavior toward mobile platforms.

Synonyms

S

side effect

vsepiphenomenon

• Specialized

259 3.3

An unwanted health change caused by a medicine or treatment

applies broadly to secondary effects beyond medical contexts

B

by-product

vsepiphenomenon

6 3.9

An extra result that happens because of an action and is not planned

is not itself a direct cause of the main result

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology