All 4 Uses of
phenomenon
in
The Tipping Point
- It is that the best way to understand the emergence of fashion trends, the ebb and How of crime waves, or, for that matter, the transformation of unknown books into bestsellers, or the rise of teenage smoking, or the phenomena of word of mouth, or any number of the other mysterious changes that mark everyday life is to think of them as epidemics.†
Chpt Intr.phenomena = things that exists or happened -- often of special interest
- How do these three rules help us understand teenage smoking, for example, or the phenomenon of word of mouth, or crime, or the rise of a bestseller?†
Chpt 1phenomenon = something that exists or happened -- often of special interest
- Teenage smoking is one of the great, baffling phenomena of modern life.†
Chpt 7phenomena = things that exists or happened -- often of special interest
- The second, even more intriguing implication of this, is that nicotine addiction isn't a linear phenomenon.†
Chpt 7 *phenomenon = something that exists or happened -- often of special interest
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) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
In philosophy, a phenomenon is something as known through the senses. It is contrasted with a noumenon.