(philosophy) The study of structures of consciousness as experienced from the first-person point of view. / (philosophy) A movement based on this, originated about 1905 by Edmund Husserl.

Alternative form of phenomenological

plural of phenomenology

(philosophy) Of or relating to phenomenology, or consistent with the principles of phenomenology.

(philosophy) In a manner characteristic of phenomenology or of phenomenological philosophy.

(US, military) The requirement for an incoming nuclear attack to be confirmed by both satellite and radar before retaliatory action is taken.

plural of phenomenological reduction

(philosophy) In the phenomenology of Edmund Husserl (1859-1938) and his followers, a philosophical procedure intended to reveal the objects of consciousness as pure phenomena independently of any considerations of the existence of those objects and without the influence of inferential knowledge.