supervenient

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In a relationship with another set such that membership in the other set implies membership in the present set

If mental properties are supervenient on physical properties, people with identical bodies will also have identical minds.

Supervening; occurring subsequently; coming after something, especially when not causally connected
{a} coming suddenly, additional
Coming as something additional or extraneous; coming afterwards
{s} surprising, unexpected
supervenient

    Hyphenation

    su·per·ven·ient

    Pronunciation

    Etymology

    () From Latin supervenient-, stem of superveniens, present participle of supervenio (“to come to or in addition to, to overtake”)
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