akoluthic
/akəˈluːθɪk/(also acolouthic, acoluthic)
adjective
Philosophy and Psychology. In the terminology of the German biologist Richard Wolfgang Semon (1859–1918): designating the phase following the initial excitation of a sensation; belonging or relating to such a phase.
- Now chiefly with reference to Bertrand Russell..
Origin
Late 19th century (in an earlier sense). From ancient Greek ἀκόλουθος following + -ic. In sense 1 after German akoluthisch.