"supervention" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: superventions [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} supervention (countable and uncountable, plural superventions)
  1. An act, process, or instance of supervening:
    (philosophy) Synonym of supervenience.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Philosophy Synonyms: supervenience [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-supervention-en-noun-MemPSRa2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 38 23 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 39 36 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 37 36 27 Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
  2. An act, process, or instance of supervening:
    (uncommon) Synonym of supersession.
    Tags: countable, uncommon, uncountable Synonyms: supersession [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-supervention-en-noun-MWwFa2yl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 38 23 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 39 36 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 37 36 27
  3. An act, process, or instance of supervening: Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-supervention-en-noun-L509RjNH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 38 23 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 39 36 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 37 36 27
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: convention, supervenient

Inflected forms

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