Adjective[edit] sophomoric â(comparative more sophomoric, superlative most sophomoric) 1  of, relating to, or characteristic of a sophomore.  conceited and overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed and immature.
Phenomenology (psychology) Phenomenology is the study of subjective experience. It is an approach to psychological subject matter that has its roots in the philosophical work of Edmund Husserl. Early phenomenologists such as Husserl, Jean-Paul Sartre, and Maurice Merleau-Ponty conducted philosophical investigations of consciousness in the early 20th century.
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Search. Phenomenology. In its central use phenomenology names a movement in twentieth century philosophy. A second use of phenomenology common in contemporary philosophy names a property of some mental states, the property they have if and only if there is something it is like to be in them. Thus, it is sometimes said that emotional states have a phenomenology while belief states do not.