[phe.nom.e.nal.ism] n (ca. 1865) 1: a theory that limits knowledge to phenomena only
2: a theory that all knowledge is of phenomena and that what is construed to be perception of material objects is simply perception of sense-data -- phe.nom.e.nal.ist n or adj -- phe.nom.e.nal.is.tic adj -- phe.nom.e.nal.is.ti.cal.ly adv