...meaning the desirability, use, survival, or expansion of a process, feature, or condition based only on the idea that its continued existence is evidence of its necessity. Bill Moyers recently showed how the growth of secondary health care is a typical example of this phenom. The proliferation of worldwide wars is another

http://www.freeratio.org/showthread.php?t=274073

dale, if you haven't been there already, and have lots of patience, give this a try:
reverse lookup

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heh

Touche' tsu. However I myself seldom use the Reverse Dictionary as I'm too impatient, nurturing the hope that somebody will instead provide the answer off the top of his head

From the recent loss of activity however I no longer so nurture my hopes

Kia ora Dale,
Physical and social laws of nature can sometimes be equated with mathematics. I believe the Fiendish one touched on 'Emergence' a couple of months back. Hope this helps.

olly thank you for that suggestion. Doesn't fit exactly but maybe it's close as can come

quod erat demonstrandum?