What does "supervenience" mean?

The state or quality of being supervenient, of being in a dependency relationship such that an object with the supervened properties must also have the supervening properties.

What is a synonym for "supervenience"?

Common synonyms include: afterlife, following, hangover, lateness, postdate, provenience.

Supervenience

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Noun

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The state or quality of being supervenient, of being in a dependency relationship such that an object with the supervened properties must also have the supervening properties. uncountable, usually

Synonyms

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afterlife following hangover lateness postdate provenience

Etymology

From supervenient + -ence.

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