Supervenient

Origin

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

Full definition of supervenient

Adjective

1. (logic, philosophy, of a set of properties) In a relationship with another set such that membership in the other set implies membership in the present setIf mental properties are supervenient on physical properties, people with identical bodies will also have identical minds.
2. Supervening; occurring subsequently; coming after something, especially when not causally connected.

Derived terms

• superveniently

Related terms

• supervene
• supervenience
• subvenient