Meanings
adjectiveepiphenomenalistic (comparative more epiphenomenalistic, superlative most epiphenomenalistic)
comparative more epiphenomenalistic · superlative most epiphenomenalistic
- Relating to epiphenomenalism.
Here, then, is a simple argument to show that zombist interactionists, even though they deny that epiphenomenalism is actually true, must accept that an epiphenomenalistic world is possible.
2017, Robert Kirk, Robots, Zombies and Us: Understanding Consciousness, page 90
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁ep-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éps
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁épi
- Proto-Hellenic*epí
- Ancient Greekἐπί (epí)
- Ancient Greekἐπῐ- (epĭ-)
- Englishepi-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰh₂nyéti
- Proto-Hellenic*pʰáňňō
- Ancient Greekφαίνω (phaínō)
- Ancient Greekφαινόμενον (phainómenon)
- Late Latinphaenomenon
- Englishphenomenon
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Ancient Greekφαινόμενον (phainómenon)
- Frenchphénomène
- Frenchphénoména
- Englishphenomenal
- Englishepiphenomenal
- Englishepiphenomenalistic
From epiphenomenal + -istic.
Full word history & related roots →Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with epiphenomenalistic
realisticcharacteristicholisticlinguisticmysticoptimisticballisticcysticfuturisticheuristicjournalisticpessimisticaltruisticatavisticsurrealisticmisticcannibalisticjingoistichubristicactivisticallisticArabisticAramaisticcriminalistic
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APA
epiphenomenalistic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/epiphenomenalistic
MLA
“epiphenomenalistic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/epiphenomenalistic. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “epiphenomenalistic,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/epiphenomenalistic.
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