phenomenological
Americanadjective
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of, relating to, or based on observed or observable facts.
The researchers opted for a phenomenological investigation rather than a purely theoretical study.
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Philosophy. of or relating to someone’s awareness or experience of something rather than the thing itself.
Case study scholars examine a particular phenomenon, while phenomenological scholars examine its essence and meaning as experienced by people in their everyday lives.
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Mr. Kirsch, a poet and critic, is alert to the relationship between psychological desires and phenomenological experiences.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
The model uses a phenomenological approach, focusing on the overall behavior rather than the exact underlying mechanisms that cause electrons to pair into Cooper pairs.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 10, 2026
Because again, as you were saying, there's just not been an examination of this period in phenomenological terms, in artistic terms, in so many ways.
From Salon ● Nov. 30, 2022
In the case of the latter, a song may break some or all the rules of music theory but still present a phenomenological reality of experiences of joy, pain, angst, or anger.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 15, 2022
This is the third phase of this phenomenological nursology method.
From Humanistic Nursing by Josephine G. Paterson
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