phaneron

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. That which is perceived by the mind, regardless of whether it corresponds to reality.

Word forms

phaneron phanerons phanera

Etymology

Coined by Charles Sanders Peirce in 1905 based on Ancient Greek φανερόν n (phanerón, “that which is visible”), substantivized from the adjective φανερός (phanerós, “visible, apparent, manifest”).

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