Associations to the word «Supervenient»

Wiktionary

SUPERVENIENT, adjective. (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
SUPERVENIENT, adjective. Supervening; occurring subsequently; coming after something, especially when not causally connected.

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky