Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Phenomenology \Phe*nom`e*nol"o*gy\, n. [Phenomenon + -logy: cf.
   F. ph['e]nom['e]nologie.]
   A description, history, or explanation of phenomena. ``The
   phenomenology of the mind.'' --Sir W. Hamilton.

Source : WordNet®

phenomenology
     n : a philosophical doctrine proposed by Edmund Husserl based on
         the study of human experience in which considerations of
         objective reality are not taken into account