supervenient
Adjective

supervenient

  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 set
    If 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.
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