{
  "id": "style.fashion",
  "term": "style",
  "sense": "fashion",
  "pos": "noun",
  "status": "review",
  "level": 6,
  "arena": "style",
  "domain": "everyday",
  "style": null,
  "definition": "a distinct arrangement of features that makes a thing different from others",
  "folk_gloss": null,
  "emergence": {
    "components": [
      "arrangement.spatial",
      "features.attribute",
      "difference.relation",
      "distinct.attribute",
      "make.verb",
      "others.distinct-entities"
    ],
    "interaction": "The arrangement of features together makes a thing different from others.",
    "novel_properties": [
      "distinct pattern",
      "emergent identity",
      "comparative uniqueness"
    ]
  },
  "examples": [
    {
      "text": "The little black dress designed by Coco Chanel in 1926 became a staple in women's fashion across Europe and America.",
      "domain": "fashion"
    },
    {
      "text": "Apple's iPhone interface design in 2007 combined minimalist aesthetics with intuitive gestures, setting a new standard in consumer electronics.",
      "domain": "technology"
    },
    {
      "text": "The Bauhaus school's architectural style in 1920s Germany emphasized functional forms and industrial materials, distinguishing it from Art Deco.",
      "domain": "architecture"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [
    {
      "id": "quality.value",
      "note": "is-a",
      "type": "is-a"
    }
  ],
  "used_by": [],
  "forms": [
    "style",
    "styled",
    "styles",
    "styling"
  ],
  "closed": true,
  "provenance": {
    "author": "openrouter:openai/gpt-oss-120b",
    "date": "2026-07-29",
    "confidence": 0.6,
    "reconciled": {
      "by": "openrouter:qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507",
      "date": "2026-07-31",
      "changed": "components",
      "note": "Added missing constitutive concepts to align record with correct definition."
    }
  },
  "canonical": "https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-style.fashion"
}