adjective
(also acolouthic)
Philosophy 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.
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