phenomenology
noun/fəˌnɒmɪˈnɒlədʒi/
Frequency rank: #16,729 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
the philosophical study of structures of experience and consciousness as they appear to the observer.
Example sentence
Her thesis explored phenomenology as a framework for understanding human consciousness.
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