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phenomenality

phenomenality

9.9
How something appears to your senses, like sight or touch
  • noun
  • /fəˌnɛmɪˈnælɪti/
  • Specialized
translation icon : fenomenalidad
  • Artists often explore the phenomenality of light and color in their work.

Examples

  • Some theories focus on the phenomenality of pain as it is experienced by individuals.

  • The phenomenality of the Northern Lights left us in awe.

  • The phenomenality of the rainbow made it a subject of philosophical debate.

  • What makes a work of art possess such phenomenality?

  • The phenomenality of the Northern Lights left us in awe.

  • Artists often explore the phenomenality of light and color in their work.

  • Some theories focus on the phenomenality of pain as it is experienced by individuals.

Synonyms

presence
vsphenomenality
108 4.9

A feeling that someone or something is in a place

focuses on sensory appearance rather than a felt impression
apparentness
vsphenomenality
6.8

How easy something is to see or understand

is about appearing to the senses as any observable thing

How Apparent

phenomenality
  • Specialized
9.9
obviousness
3 2.9
subtlety
54 6.8
invisibility
15 6.0

Surface Forms

phenomenality singular

Morphology

phenomenality = phenomenal (semi-transparent) = phenomenon + al + ity

Morphologically the word is formed by adding '-ity' to 'phenomenal', a regular nominalization.

Etymology

Phenomenality comes from phenomenon, which comes from an old Greek root meaning 'to appear'. It can mean the way something 'appears' to the senses, so phenomenality is about the quality of being a phenomenon or how something is experienced.