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supervenient
su·per·vene S0904400 (so͞o′pər-vēn′) intr.v. su·per·vened, su·per·ven·ing, su·per·venes 1. To come or occur as something extraneous, additional, or unexpected. 2. To follow immediately after; ensue. 3. Philosophy To be dependent on a set of facts or properties in such a way that change is possible only if change occurs in those facts or properties. [Latin supervenīre : super-, super- + venīre, to come; see gwā- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] su′per·ven′ient (-vēn′yənt) adj. su′per·ven′ience (-vēn′yəns) n. su′per·ven′tion (-vĕn′shən) n. supervenient (ˌsuːpəˈviːnɪənt) adj1. (Logic) supervening2. (Philosophy) philosophy (of a property) inseparable from the other properties of something. Two objects may be identical except that one is red and the other not, but they cannot be identical except that one is beautiful and the other not; beauty is thus a supervenient propertyThesaurussupervenientadjectiveNot part of the real or essential nature of a thing:adscititious, adventitious, incidental.supervenient Related to supervenient: superveneSynonyms for supervenientadj not part of the real or essential nature of a thingSynonyms- adscititious
- adventitious
- incidental
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