uwarunkowana

Uwarunkowana is a Polish adjective meaning conditioned, contingent, or dependent on certain conditions or circumstances. It describes a phenomenon, outcome, or behavior that does not occur inherently but arises only when specific factors are present. The term is formed from the verb uwarunkować or from the noun warunek (condition), and it agrees in gender: uwarunkowana (feminine), uwarunkowany (masculine), uwarunkowane (neuter).

In usage, uwarunkowana is common in science, sociology, economics, linguistics, and medicine to indicate that a result or property depends on particular factors such as environment, time, or prerequisites. Examples: "Postęp badań jest uwarunkowany dostępnością danych." "Wynik eksperymentu jest uwarunkowany kilkoma czynnikami." "Zachowanie uwarunkowane kontekstem społecznym." The term helps to emphasize that outcomes are not universal but vary with conditions.

The concept is related to the broader idea of dependence on context or conditions. It is often contrasted with independence or unconditionality. In linguistic and grammatical contexts, related forms include uwarunkowanie (the conditioning or conditioning process) and, in some cases, warunkowanie, used especially in psychology to refer to conditioning. Caution is sometimes required to distinguish uwarunkowana from other similar terms such as zależny od (dependent on) or warunkowy (conditional in a grammatical sense). Overall, uwarunkowana signals that a given feature or result is contingent on specified prerequisites or circumstances.