phenomenology.

1. The study of experience as it appears or is lived, especially in philosophical inquiry.

2. A descriptive account or study of observed phenomena before or apart from a deeper explanatory theory.

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Words that belong together

• phenomenology of experience
• phenomenological description

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The phenomenology of the experience concerned how the event was encountered.

The analysis distinguished phenomenology from an explanation of the underlying mechanism.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Usually uncountable. 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: explicit explanation, scope and categorization, proof and interpretation, philosophical foundations. Disciplines: academic writing, formal reasoning, philosophy. Commonness: moderately common.