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epiphenomenon

NOUN
  1. a secondary phenomenon that is a by-product of another phenomenon

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  • First put forward in response to reductionist theories that treated race as an epiphenomenon of class, ethnicity, or nation, racial formation theory has reshaped the sociological study of race.
  • This is closely related to the epiphenominalism theory of mind that it is an evolutionary accident emerging from the increasing complexity of brains as an "epiphenomenon" or side effect of neural complexity. Coordinated Evolution
  • ‘Consciousness is an epiphenomenon of the brain.’
  • Verhoeven NM, Salomons GS, Berthelot J, Vianay-Saban C, et al. (2006) D-2-hydroxyglutaric aciduria in three patients with proven SSADH deficiency: genetic coincidence or a related biochemical epiphenomenon? PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
  • Others see crying as a so-called epiphenomenon, a secondary event that serves no real function.
  • The current market fizzle is an epiphenomenon this time around. Matthew Yglesias » The Collapse
  • Therefore he reasoned that "epiphenomenon" had been built up to accommodate some modern theory of thought, some new leprosy of the mind never dreamed of by the noble lexicographer. The Jessica Letters: An Editor's Romance
  • It is unknown whether the staining of hemoglobin reflects a pathologic response or is an epiphenomenon.
  • Spirituality is often presumed to be an epiphenomenon or side effect of the brain and our need for hope, even if the hope is delusional. The Sacred Promise
  • Schwarzmantel argues that the concept of ideology is an epiphenomenon of modernity.
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