complex phenomenon

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complex
adjective
uk /ˈkɒm.pleks/ us /kɑːmˈpleks/
involving a lot of different but ...
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phenomenon
noun[C]
uk /fəˈnɒm.ɪ.nən/ us /fəˈnɑː.mə.nɑːn/
something that exists and can be seen, felt, tasted, etc., especially something unusual ...
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This prominence is a complexphenomenon resulting from a number of interacting factors and is usually, though inaccurately, known as stress.
The main conclusion presented by the book is that drug misuse is a very complexphenomenon and simple explanations and simple solutions are misplaced.
But that paternity is clearly a complexphenomenon.
Family planning is a complexphenomenon.
Such studies suggest that compatibility is a very complexphenomenon, resulting from many variables relating to the genetic diversity of both the intermediate host and the trematode.
The study of musical change is a highly complexphenomenon with numerous angles of vision and differing approaches.
The study of urban folk-dance movements is indeed a complexphenomenon.
The data presented here allow a first insight into this complexphenomenon.
Change is a complexphenomenon and its conceptualization and measurement is always problematic.
Goehring wisely avoids reifying this complexphenomenon as a genre or topic, referring instead to a pastoral mode.
As a single measure of a very complexphenomenon, it does however have limitations.
Ageism is a complexphenomenon, however, and they elaborate the basic framework in several useful ways.
Priority setting in health care is undoubtedly a complexphenomenon.
Whereas men appear simply to forget as a function of age, for women, misreporting is a more complexphenomenon bound up with traditional values.
This makes breathlessness a very complexphenomenon to grasp.
Medicalization is a complexphenomenon that may result from a number of factors (22;79).
These groups represent a complexphenomenon of postwar violence that includes criminal activities, personal and political feuds, and socio-economic claims.
To be sure, language is an extremely complexphenomenon, yet it is also elegant.
Resisting a question is, like answering, a complexphenomenon.
This volume should be on the bookshelf of every researcher working to understand this complexphenomenon.
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