different between phenomenology vs aardvark

English

Alternative forms

• phænomenology (obsolete)

Etymology

phenomenon +? -logy, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (phainómenon, “thing appearing to view”), hence "the study of what shows itself (to consciousness)".

According to Heidegger's Introduction to Phenomenological Research, "the expression “phenomenology” first appears in the eighteenth century in Christian Wolff’s School, in Lambert’s Neues Organon, in connection with analogous developments popular at the time, like dianoiology and alethiology, and means a theory of illusion, a doctrine for avoiding illusion." (p.3)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /f??n?m??n?l??i/
• (US) enPR: f?-nä'-m?-näl??-g?, IPA^(key): /f??n?m??n?l??i/

Noun

phenomenology (countable and uncountable, plural phenomenologies)

1. (philosophy) The study of structures of consciousness as experienced from the first-person point of view.
2. (philosophy) A movement based on this, originated about 1905 by Edmund Husserl.
3. (physics) The use of theoretical models to make predictions that can be tested through experiments.

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English

Wikispecies

Alternative forms

• aard-vark, erdvark

Etymology

Borrowed from Afrikaans aardvark (obsolete), erdvark, from aarde (“earth”), (from Dutch, from Middle Dutch aerde) + vark (“pig”), (from Middle Dutch varken). Early European colonists in South Africa noticed that the animal was similar to a pig, while "aarde" hints at the animal's habit of burrowing.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???d.v??k/
• (US) IPA^(key): /???d.v??k/

Noun

aardvark (plural aardvarks)

1. The nocturnal, insectivorous, burrowing, mammal Orycteropus afer, of the order Tubulidentata, somewhat resembling a pig, common in some parts of sub-Saharan Africa. [from late 18^th c.]

   Synonyms: African anteater, antbear, ant bear, anteater, earth pig

2. (slang, particularly in the southeast US) A silly or credulous person who is prone to mistakes or blunders.

   Synonym: fool

   (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)

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References

• Aard-vark in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch aardvarken, from aarde (“earth, soil”) +? varken (“pig”).

Noun

aardvark (plural aardvarke)

1. Obsolete form of erdvark.

Portuguese

Noun

aardvark m (plural aardvarks)

1. aardvark (mammal)

   Synonyms: oricterope, porco-da-terra, jimbo, porco-formigueiro, timba, timbo