epiphenomenalize

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English

Etymology

From epiphenomenal +‎ -ize.

Verb

epiphenomenalize (third-person singular simple present epiphenomenalizes, present participle epiphenomenalizing, simple past and past participle epiphenomenalized)

  1. (philosophy) To regard as epiphenomenal
    • 2007 December 8, Patrick Toner, “Emergent substance”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 141, number 3, →DOI:
      To endorse option one is to epiphenomenalize macrophysical objects.