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Webster 1913 Edition
Supervenient
Suˊper-ven′ient
,Adj.
[L.
superveniens
, p. pr.] Coming as something additional or extraneous; coming afterwards.
That branch of belief was in him
supervenient
to Christian practice. Hammond.
Divorces can be granted,
a mensa et toro
, only for supervenient
causes. Z. Swift.
Webster 1828 Edition
Supervenient
SUPERVE'NIENT
,Adj.
That branch of belief was in him supervenient to christian practice.
Divorces can be granted, a mensa et toro, only for supervenient causes.
Definition 2024
supervenient
supervenient
English
Adjective
supervenient (comparative more supervenient, superlative most supervenient)
- (logic, philosophy, of a set of properties) In a relationship with another set such that membership in the other set implies membership in the present set
- If mental properties are supervenient on physical properties, people with identical bodies will also have identical minds.
- Supervening; occurring subsequently; coming after something, especially when not causally connected.
Derived terms
- superveniently
Related terms
See also
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Supervenience on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
- J[ohn] A. Simpson and E[dward] S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ISBN 978-0-19-861186-8.