All 4 Uses of
phenomenon
in
Alias Grace
- What we are witnessing here must be a natural phenomenon.†
Chpt 13phenomenon = something that exists or happened -- often of special interest
- Since then, Wakley of The Lancet has written extensively on the phenomenon; he calls it double consciousness, although he emphatically rejects the possibility of reaching the so-called secondary personality through Neuro-hypnotism, as there is too much chance of the subject's being influenced by the practitioner.†
Chpt 13
- But if what we have witnessed is a natural phenomenon, who are we to question it?
Chpt 13 *phenomenon = thing that exists
- The ground of all phenomena is God, and he must have his reasons, obscure though they may appear to mortal eyes.†
Chpt 13phenomena = things that exists or happened -- often of special interest
Definition:
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.