1. in a manner relating to or characteristic of an epiphenomenon; as a secondary or incidental effect that does not causally influence the primary phenomenon
Usage: philosophy, psychology; formal/technical

Examples

• Some philosophers argue that consciousness arises epiphenomenally from brain activity.
• The symptom appeared epiphenomenally alongside the main disease process.
• Critics claim that moral intuitions function epiphenomenally in decision-making.
• The researcher suggested that anxiety manifests epiphenomenally rather than as a causal factor.
• If mental states are epiphenomenally related to physical states, free will becomes problematic.