phe·nom·e·nol·o·gy 
(fĭ-nŏm′ə-nŏlə-jē)
(fĭ-nŏm′ə-nŏlə-jē)n.
1. A philosophy or method of inquiry concerned with the perception and experience of objects and events as the basis for the investigation of reality.
2. A philosophical movement based on this, originated by Edmund Husserl around 1905.
phe·nom′e·no·logi·cal (-nə-lŏjĭ-kəl) adj.
phe·nom′e·no·logi·cal·ly adv.
phe·nom′e·nolo·gist n.