epiphenomenon
noun
epi·phe·nom·e·non
ˌe-pi-fi-ˈnä-mə-ˌnän
-nən
plural epiphenomena
ˌe-pi-fi-ˈnä-mə-ˌnä
-nə
: a secondary phenomenon accompanying another and caused by it
specifically
: a secondary mental phenomenon that is caused by and accompanies a physical phenomenon but has no causal influence itself
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