emergence

Meaning

1. The act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view; sudden uprising or appearance.
2. In particular: the arising of emergent structure in complex systems.
3. (obsolete) An emergency.

Synonyms

appearance

egress

birth

issue

emersion

beginning

egression

start

origin

exit

manifestation

coming out

outgrowth

commencement

creation

apparition

development

emergency

growth

occurence

occurrence

opening

origination

outflow

outlay

outlet

product

rise

rising

semblance

shedding

surfacing

way out

growing wings and flying

coming into existence

eclosion

conception

early development

seedling emergence

appear

arising

ascent

basset

charge

dawn

ejection

emanation

emerging

escape

excrescence

expenditure

expense

exposure

formation

genesis

initiation

molting

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪˈmɜː.d͡ʒ(ə)ns/

Etymology

Borrowed from French émergence. Doublet of emergency. By surface analysis, emerge + -ence.