All 3 Uses
phenomenon
in
The Shining
(Edited)
- We have a one-sentence explanation that explains the whole range of such phenomena in children — "He'll grow out of it," Jack said.
Chpt 3 *phenomena = interesting observable things
- It wasn't like Tony; Tony had always seemed perfectly natural (until the bad dreams, of course), and his parents had also seemed to accept Tony as a more or less natural phenomenon.
Chpt 3phenomenon = something that exists and is of special interest
- Real psychic phenomena or group hypnosis?
Chpt 5phenomena = observable things
Definitions:
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(1)
(phenomenon) something that exists or happened -- especially something of special interest -- sometimes someone or something that is extraordinary"Phenomenons" and "phenomena" are both appropriate plural forms of this noun. "Phenomena" is generally used in scientific or philosophical contexts.
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) In philosophy, a phenomenon is something as known through the senses. It is contrasted with a noumenon.