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manifestation

manifestation

12 7.5
An event when a spirit appears in visible form
  • noun
  • /ˌmænɪfɛˈsteɪʃən/
  • Literature
translation icon : aparición
  • During the séance, a manifestation of a spirit appeared, surprising everyone present.
  • manifestation of a spirit
  • manifestation of God
  • a divine manifestation

And I don't see why it should not be possible for a God to to have manifestations in both realms.

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Examples

  • And the physical manifestation of this dark spirit can be forced back into the rift.

  • There's something in that house, a manifestation.

  • Yeah, would you be willing to speak directly to the manifestation?

  • Would it be some kind of a visual manifestation?

  • I believe it was a demonic manifestation.

  • What if you could prove that the supernatural was merely a manifestation of what already exists in the mind, the subconscious?

  • Everything they've experienced has been a manifestation of the demonic.

  • Instead, it was predicated on the physical manifestations of the spiritual world.

    Academic text (2018)
  • Alison, I believe in spirits, but I do not believe in corporeal manifestations.

  • God assumed the form of the serpent as a manifestation of His wholeness, encompassing both good and evil.

    Fiction book (1995)

Synonyms

appearance
vsmanifestation
408 2.6

A person or thing becoming visible in public, for example on stage

is specifically a spirit display rather than any ordinary visibility
apparition
vsmanifestation
  • Literature
19 8.9

A ghost that people see suddenly

is a general display of a spirit rather than only sudden visits
materialization
vsmanifestation
8.5

A spirit that appears in a visible or bodily form

is a visible display rather than the forming process

Antonyms

65 3.7

A person or thing not seen where it was before

15 6.0

The state of not being seen by other people

How Visible

manifestation
  • Literature
12 7.5
apparition
  • Literature
19 8.9
appearance
408 2.6
sighting
141 4.0
vision
185 8.4

Surface Forms

manifestation singular

Morphology

manifestation = manifest (transparent) = manifest + ation

The sense 'an appearance or display' follows directly from 'manifest' (to show) plus the nominalizing '-ation'.

Etymology

Manifestation comes from Latin words that give the idea 'made visible', as in manifest and manual, so it carries the sense of something appearing. So a manifestation of a spirit is when the spirit 'shows itself' in a visible form.