supervenience
noun
supervenience is spelled S-U-P-E-R-V-E-N-I-E-N-C-E: 13 letters. It appears about once in every 35 million words in written English, the 180,281st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, supervenience means “The state or quality of being supervenient, of being in a dependency relationship such that an object with the supervened properties must also have…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of supervenience is superveniences.
How many letters and syllables are in supervenience?
| Letters | 13: S-U-P-E-R-V-E-N-I-E-N-C-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 35 million words; the 180,281st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is supervenience?
Supervenience appears about once in every 35 million words in written English, the 180,281st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Forms of supervenience
- superveniences plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does supervenience mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The state or quality of being supervenient, of being in a dependency relationship such that an object with the supervened properties must also have the supervening properties.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does supervenience come from?
From supervenient + -ence.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).