現げん象しょう界かいげんしょうかいMeanings1nounphenomenal world; world of phenomenaPhilosophical term, especially in Kantian and Buddhist contexts, referring to the world as it appears to us, as opposed to the noumenal world (本体界).カントは現げん象しょう界かいと物もの自じ体たいを区く別べつした。Kant distinguished between the phenomenal world and the thing-in-itself.