manifestation
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6.3
- noun
- /ˌmænɪfɛˈsteɪʃən/
- UK
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manifestación
- The protest was a powerful manifestation of the people's desire for change.
- a public manifestation
- a political manifestation
Examples
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Promotion of competitive behavior over cooperation is one of the principal manifestations of the self-assertive tendency in our society.
Academic text (1993) -
Political liberalization has paradoxically led to the open manifestation of long-suppressed Islamic inclinations.
Academic text (1992) -
So it was because she was this sort of public manifestation of the fact of saying to men, yes, you can cheat.
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And that has always been my theme, that ideal in politics, which is an obvious manifestation of power.
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The Victorians celebrated domestic comfort as a legitimate manifestation of female power.
Fiction book (1994) -
In 1966, the Nigerian Army was yet another manifestation of the numerous ethnic tensions that divided Nigerian society.
Academic text (1992) -
At the same time, within the country, it is necessary to eradicate any manifestations of anything Russian, including historic monument, religion, communication, and language.
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Diaz Herrera's act was the first public manifestation of a breach within the PDF.
Academic text (1993) -
The Americanization movement in the past was a manifestation of a broader social demand for assimilation to American norms.
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Figueroa's piece is important because it tracks manifestations of Puerto Rican nationalism under Spanish and United States colonialism.
Academic text (1991)
Synonyms
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3.2
A public meeting where people protest about politics
How Intense
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Manifestation comes from Latin meaning 'made visible', the same idea behind manifest and manual, so it is about 'showing'. So a public manifestation is a group 'showing' their feelings or political views in public.