verb
- past tense of phenomenalize; to make something into or treat something as a phenomenon; to give phenomenal status or character to something
Usage: formal; rare; chiefly philosophical or academic
Examples
- The philosopher phenomenalized abstract concepts to better understand their role in human experience.
- By phenomenalizing the data, researchers were able to examine it as observable phenomena.
- The artist phenomenalized emotion through visual representation.
- Critics argued that the theory phenomenalized subjective experiences in problematic ways.