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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

supervenient en · ADJ

Etymology

From Latin supervenient-, stem of superveniens, present participle of supervenio (“to come to or in addition to, to overtake”).

Meanings

  1. (of a set of properties) In a relationship with another set such that membership in the other set implies membership in the present set
    • If mental properties are supervenient on physical properties, people with identical bodies will also have identical minds.
  2. Supervening; occurring subsequently; coming after something, especially when not causally connected.

Forms

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most supervenient Degree=Sup lexicographic
more supervenient Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

superdupervenient · superveniently

Relateds

supervene · subvenient · supervenience · convene · convenient