supervenient

su·per·ve·nient

adj \-ˈvē-nyənt\

Definition of SUPERVENIENT

: coming or occurring as something additional, extraneous, or unexpected

Examples of SUPERVENIENT

1. <he painted his landscapes for self-fulfillment, regarding financial rewards as supervenient to his reason for doing them>

Origin of SUPERVENIENT

Latin supervenient-, superveniens, present participle of supervenire

First Known Use: 1594

Related to SUPERVENIENT

Synonyms: accidental, adventitious, alien, extraneous, external, foreign, extrinsic

Antonyms: inherent, innate, intrinsic

Related Words: exterior, outside; immaterial, inapplicable, insignificant, irrelevant; nonessential, unessential, unnecessary

Near Antonyms: congenital, deep-seated, inborn, inbred; inside, interior, internal; basic, essential, necessary

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