phenomenaladj.n.

Brit.

/fᵻˈnɒmᵻnl/, U.S.

/fəˈnɑmənəl/

Forms: 1800s phaenomenal, 1800s– phenomenal.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: phenomenon n., -al suffix¹.

Etymology: < phenomenon n. + -al suffix¹, after French phénoménal (1803 in sense A. 1, 1827 in sense A. 2). Compare earlier phenomenous adj., phenomenic adj.

A. adj.

a. Chiefly Philosophy and Psychology. Of the nature of a phenomenon; consisting of or belonging to the realm of phenomena or appearances; capable of being known empirically, esp. through the senses or through immediate experience, perceptible; of, designating, or relating to a phenomenon as directly perceived, sensed, or experienced (esp. as compared with its objective reality). Frequently opposed to real and, in philosophical use, to noumenal.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > materiality > [adjective] > cognizable by the senses or phenomenal

palpable?1435

comprehensible1579

tractable1605

tangible1620

sensitive1686

phenomenic1808

phenomenal1825

the mind > mental capacity > psychology > psychology of perception > object of perception > [adjective]

phenomenal1825

1825 S. T. Coleridge Aids Refl. 253 The Mosaic Narrative thus interpreted gives a just and faithful exposition of the birth and parentage and successive movements of phænomenal Sin (Peccatum phænomenon: Crimen primarium et commune).

1847 G. H. Lewes Hist. Philos. (1867) II. 534 If a path of transit from the phenomenal to the noumenal world could be found..should we not then be quickly in possession of the truth?

1881 A. C. Fraser Life Berkeley 73 The world, it is argued, could not have existed before man.., if its reality is only phenomenal.

1902 W. James Varieties Relig. Experience Postscript 520 If not regular transcendental idealists, they at least obey the Kantian direction enough to bar out ideal entities from interfering casually in the course of phenomenal events.

1951 G. R. Wendt in S. S. Stevens Handbk. Exper. Psychol. xxxi. 1208/2 We lack words in our language to distinguish phenomenal motion from the physical event.

1986 T. Nagel View from Nowhere vi. 101 Our knowledge of the phenomenal world is partial knowledge of the world as it is in itself; but the entire world can't be identified with the world as it appears to us because it probably includes things of which we cannot and never could conceive.

2002 Social Res. (Nexis) 69 621 Arendt distinguishes the phenomenal reality of human freedom both from its material conditions..and from its philosophical idea.

b. Of, relating to, or concerned with the description of phenomena, esp. the phenomena of a particular science; descriptive, classificatory.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > empiricism > [adjective] > relating to phenomenology and its elements

phenomenal1840

phenomenical1858

phenomenological1858

intentional1902

retentional1931

the world > existence and causation > existence > materiality > [adjective] > cognizable by the senses or phenomenal > of or relating to phenomena

phenomenal1840

phenomenical1858

1840 W. Whewell Philos. Inductive Sci. II. x. ii. §4. 103 Descriptive or Phenomenal geology.

1840 W. Whewell Philos. Inductive Sci. II. x. ii. §7. 109 We must have a Phenomenal science preparatory to each Ætiological one.

1888 A. J. Balfour in Pall Mall Gaz. 2 Oct. 1/2 The belief in a future state is one of the most striking differences between phenomenal and supernatural religion.

1928 F. R. Tennant Philos. Theol. II. iii. 69 In plants phenomenal science can discover no instincts, reflexes, etc., though adaptiveness is sometimes as impressive in them as in the animal kingdom.

1953 Philos. Sci. 20 77 Astrology is a mixture of a primitive, phenomenal astronomy with Latin mythology.

2. Of the nature of a phenomenon (phenomenon n. 4); very notable or remarkable; prodigious, exceptional; (colloquial) that exceeds all expectations; marvellous, extraordinary, fantastic.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > quality of inspiring wonder > [adjective] > with quality of strangeness

selcouthc888

uncouthc900

sellya1000

ferly?c1225

strangec1374

nicec1395

ferlifula1400

monsterfulc1460

portentous1553

miraculous1569

vengible1594

strangefula1618

phenomenous1743

phenomenala1850

very like a whale1859

weird and wonderful1859

fourth-dimensional1902

out of this world1941

unreal1965

a1850 D. G. Rossetti Dante & Circle (1874) i. 23 To afford a glimpse of the phenomenal fact that the bosom of the Church was indeed for a time the refuge of this shorn lamb [Cecco].

1862 B. Taylor At Home & Abroad 2nd Ser. ii. ix. 190 Others have been found, showing that the tree is not phenomenal in its appearance.

1882 Athenæum 7 Jan. 19/2 The success of Miss Kate Greenaway's ‘Birthday Book’ was phenomenal.

1917 Overland Monthly Dec. 529/1 Of all the peculiar fish of which the southern coast of California boasts, the Grunyon is the most peculiar, on account of its phenomenal manner of spawning.

1964 Observer 12 July 8/4 The double-knit jersey revolution, which has gathered in phenomenal profits for a handful of bright ladies' knitters.

1992 Atlantic Apr. 101/1 Thriller, still the largest-selling album in history, racked up its phenomenal figures..as part of a package with Jackson's groundbreaking videos.

2004 N.Y. Times Mag. 8 Feb. 66/1 Got-dang ‘Cry Me a River’ is phenomenal, wipes 'em out.

B. n.

1. With the. That which can be known by the senses or empirically.

ΚΠ

1841 R. W. Emerson Ess. 1st Ser. (Boston ed.) vi. 164 I cannot deny it, O friend, that the vast shadow of the Phenomenal includes thee, also, in its pied and painted immensity.

1865 J. Grote Exploratio Philosophica Pt. I i. i The ideal is the subjective, the phenomenal the objective.

1874 H. Sidgwick Methods of Ethics ii. iii. 120 The Phenomenal is the Real: there is no other real that we can distinguish from it.

1977 R. Scholes in Crit. Inq. 4 113 Any recoding of the phenomenal will contain some measure of literariness because it changes the contact.., and the more such recoding may be recognized as a distortion, the more literary it will seem.

1991 Brit. Jrnl. Criminol. 21 447 We appear to have reached Kant again but now we bridge the noumenal and the phenomenal by placing self-control as a feature of the phenomenal.

†2. In plural. Things of the nature of phenomena. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > psychology > psychology of perception > object of perception > [noun]

phenomenona1704

phenomenals1878

construct1890

1878 G. D. Boardman Creative Week 289 In the matter of elementals, the new earth will be identical with the old; in the matter of phenomenals, the new earth will be different from the old.

Compounds

phenomenal regression n. Psychology the tendency for a shape, esp. a perspective, to be perceived as nearer to the shape of a related and known object than it actually is.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > psychology > psychology of perception > object of perception > [noun] > changing shape

phenomenal regression1931

1931 R. H. Thouless in Brit. Jrnl. Psychol. 21 344 As a general name for this tendency, in whatever kind of perceptual character it is found, we may use the term phenomenal regression to the ‘real’ object or, more shortly, phenomenal regression.

1948 Jrnl. Royal Aeronaut. Soc. 52 467/1 The factor of phenomenal regression was a quantity differing widely among different people.

1987 Oxf. Compan. Mind 776/2 Thouless insisted that phenomenal regression, although it might show marked individual differences, could not be assigned to learning.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	phenomenal
释义	phenomenaladj.n. Brit. /fᵻˈnɒmᵻnl/, U.S. /fəˈnɑmənəl/ Forms: 1800s phaenomenal, 1800s– phenomenal. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: phenomenon n., -al suffix¹. Etymology: < phenomenon n. + -al suffix¹, after French phénoménal (1803 in sense A. 1, 1827 in sense A. 2). Compare earlier phenomenous adj., phenomenic adj. A. adj. 1. a. Chiefly Philosophy and Psychology. Of the nature of a phenomenon; consisting of or belonging to the realm of phenomena or appearances; capable of being known empirically, esp. through the senses or through immediate experience, perceptible; of, designating, or relating to a phenomenon as directly perceived, sensed, or experienced (esp. as compared with its objective reality). Frequently opposed to real and, in philosophical use, to noumenal. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > materiality > [adjective] > cognizable by the senses or phenomenal palpable?1435 comprehensible1579 tractable1605 tangible1620 sensitive1686 phenomenic1808 phenomenal1825 the mind > mental capacity > psychology > psychology of perception > object of perception > [adjective] phenomenal1825 1825 S. T. Coleridge Aids Refl. 253 The Mosaic Narrative thus interpreted gives a just and faithful exposition of the birth and parentage and successive movements of phænomenal Sin (Peccatum phænomenon: Crimen primarium et commune). 1847 G. H. Lewes Hist. Philos. (1867) II. 534 If a path of transit from the phenomenal to the noumenal world could be found..should we not then be quickly in possession of the truth? 1881 A. C. Fraser Life Berkeley 73 The world, it is argued, could not have existed before man.., if its reality is only phenomenal. 1902 W. James Varieties Relig. Experience Postscript 520 If not regular transcendental idealists, they at least obey the Kantian direction enough to bar out ideal entities from interfering casually in the course of phenomenal events. 1951 G. R. Wendt in S. S. Stevens Handbk. Exper. Psychol. xxxi. 1208/2 We lack words in our language to distinguish phenomenal motion from the physical event. 1986 T. Nagel View from Nowhere vi. 101 Our knowledge of the phenomenal world is partial knowledge of the world as it is in itself; but the entire world can't be identified with the world as it appears to us because it probably includes things of which we cannot and never could conceive. 2002 Social Res. (Nexis) 69 621 Arendt distinguishes the phenomenal reality of human freedom both from its material conditions..and from its philosophical idea. b. Of, relating to, or concerned with the description of phenomena, esp. the phenomena of a particular science; descriptive, classificatory. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > empiricism > [adjective] > relating to phenomenology and its elements phenomenal1840 phenomenical1858 phenomenological1858 intentional1902 retentional1931 the world > existence and causation > existence > materiality > [adjective] > cognizable by the senses or phenomenal > of or relating to phenomena phenomenal1840 phenomenical1858 1840 W. Whewell Philos. Inductive Sci. II. x. ii. §4. 103 Descriptive or Phenomenal geology. 1840 W. Whewell Philos. Inductive Sci. II. x. ii. §7. 109 We must have a Phenomenal science preparatory to each Ætiological one. 1888 A. J. Balfour in Pall Mall Gaz. 2 Oct. 1/2 The belief in a future state is one of the most striking differences between phenomenal and supernatural religion. 1928 F. R. Tennant Philos. Theol. II. iii. 69 In plants phenomenal science can discover no instincts, reflexes, etc., though adaptiveness is sometimes as impressive in them as in the animal kingdom. 1953 Philos. Sci. 20 77 Astrology is a mixture of a primitive, phenomenal astronomy with Latin mythology. 2. Of the nature of a phenomenon (phenomenon n. 4); very notable or remarkable; prodigious, exceptional; (colloquial) that exceeds all expectations; marvellous, extraordinary, fantastic. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > quality of inspiring wonder > [adjective] > with quality of strangeness selcouthc888 uncouthc900 sellya1000 ferly?c1225 strangec1374 nicec1395 ferlifula1400 monsterfulc1460 portentous1553 miraculous1569 vengible1594 strangefula1618 phenomenous1743 phenomenala1850 very like a whale1859 weird and wonderful1859 fourth-dimensional1902 out of this world1941 unreal1965 a1850 D. G. Rossetti Dante & Circle (1874) i. 23 To afford a glimpse of the phenomenal fact that the bosom of the Church was indeed for a time the refuge of this shorn lamb [Cecco]. 1862 B. Taylor At Home & Abroad 2nd Ser. ii. ix. 190 Others have been found, showing that the tree is not phenomenal in its appearance. 1882 Athenæum 7 Jan. 19/2 The success of Miss Kate Greenaway's ‘Birthday Book’ was phenomenal. 1917 Overland Monthly Dec. 529/1 Of all the peculiar fish of which the southern coast of California boasts, the Grunyon is the most peculiar, on account of its phenomenal manner of spawning. 1964 Observer 12 July 8/4 The double-knit jersey revolution, which has gathered in phenomenal profits for a handful of bright ladies' knitters. 1992 Atlantic Apr. 101/1 Thriller, still the largest-selling album in history, racked up its phenomenal figures..as part of a package with Jackson's groundbreaking videos. 2004 N.Y. Times Mag. 8 Feb. 66/1 Got-dang ‘Cry Me a River’ is phenomenal, wipes 'em out. B. n. 1. With the. That which can be known by the senses or empirically. ΚΠ 1841 R. W. Emerson Ess. 1st Ser. (Boston ed.) vi. 164 I cannot deny it, O friend, that the vast shadow of the Phenomenal includes thee, also, in its pied and painted immensity. 1865 J. Grote Exploratio Philosophica Pt. I i. i The ideal is the subjective, the phenomenal the objective. 1874 H. Sidgwick Methods of Ethics ii. iii. 120 The Phenomenal is the Real: there is no other real that we can distinguish from it. 1977 R. Scholes in Crit. Inq. 4 113 Any recoding of the phenomenal will contain some measure of literariness because it changes the contact.., and the more such recoding may be recognized as a distortion, the more literary it will seem. 1991 Brit. Jrnl. Criminol. 21 447 We appear to have reached Kant again but now we bridge the noumenal and the phenomenal by placing self-control as a feature of the phenomenal. †2. In plural. Things of the nature of phenomena. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > psychology > psychology of perception > object of perception > [noun] phenomenona1704 phenomenals1878 construct1890 1878 G. D. Boardman Creative Week 289 In the matter of elementals, the new earth will be identical with the old; in the matter of phenomenals, the new earth will be different from the old. Compounds phenomenal regression n. Psychology the tendency for a shape, esp. a perspective, to be perceived as nearer to the shape of a related and known object than it actually is. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > psychology > psychology of perception > object of perception > [noun] > changing shape phenomenal regression1931 1931 R. H. Thouless in Brit. Jrnl. Psychol. 21 344 As a general name for this tendency, in whatever kind of perceptual character it is found, we may use the term phenomenal regression to the ‘real’ object or, more shortly, phenomenal regression. 1948 Jrnl. Royal Aeronaut. Soc. 52 467/1 The factor of phenomenal regression was a quantity differing widely among different people. 1987 Oxf. Compan. Mind 776/2 Thouless insisted that phenomenal regression, although it might show marked individual differences, could not be assigned to learning. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1825
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