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phanera

phanera is the plural of phaneron.

Meaning of phaneron

Noun

phaneron (plural phanerons or phanera)

  1. That which is perceived by the mind, regardless of whether it corresponds to reality.
    • This mattered so much to Charles Sanders Pierce that he drew a line between reality — the way the universe truly is — and what he called "the phaneron" — the world as filtered through our senses and bodies, the only information we can get.2013, Vsauce, "Is Anything Real?", 7:39–7:54

Questions about phanera

What is phanera the plural of?
Phanera is the plural of phaneron.

Words near phanera in the dictionary

  1. phancy
  2. phancying
  3. Phander
  4. phane
  5. phanek
  6. phanera
  7. phanerantherous
  8. phaneranthous
  9. phaneric
  10. phanerite
  11. phanerites

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