emergent.

1. Newly appearing or developing from changing conditions.

2. Produced by interactions among parts rather than present in each part alone.

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Words that belong together

• emergent trend
• emergent practice

On the page

The interviews revealed an emergent practice of shared purchasing.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Normally non-gradable; no ordinary comparative or superlative. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: analysis, qualification. Commonness: moderately common.