epiphenomenon
noun
a secondary or additional symptom or complication arising during the course of a disease.
epiphenomenal
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a word derived from
epiphenomenon.
Example Sentences
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“This is provocation in an epiphenomenal way: creating spaces of perception, of resonance, of seeing. That is the provocation that is actually interesting.”
From New York Times ● Jul. 22, 2021
So if consciousness is wholly distinct from the physical world, as dualism says, it probably doesn’t influence our actions at all; it’s purely epiphenomenal.
From Scientific American ● Dec. 15, 2019
Culture becomes epiphenomenal, a reflection of underlying social relations.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 19, 2019
There is a tendency to think of art as epiphenomenal to the “real” world, as a second-order register in which we may occasionally find signs of more important things, like politics and struggle and revolution.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 5, 2018
"This has a lot to do with Richard's personality, which lots of people will, when writing about him, try to depict as epiphenomenal or even a drawback in Richard Stallman's own life work."
From Free as in Freedom: Richard Stallman's Crusade for Free Software by Sam Williams
