epiphenomena

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IPA /ˌɛp.ə.fəˈnɒm.əˌnə/

Noun

epiphenomena noun

A symptom that develops during the course of a disease that is not connected to the disease.
A mental state or process that is an incidental byproduct of physiological events in the brain or nervous system.
Any state, process, or other activity that is the result of another, a consequence.

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reification metaphysicians scrupulosity millenarianism wetware judeophobia primitiveness determinist disordering bipolarity maladjustment essentialism malthusianism platonism incommensurability alterity

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