manifestation

Definition

The act or process of becoming manifest.

Etymology

From Middle English manifestacion, manyfestacion, manyfestacioun, from Late Latin manifestātiō. In the political sense, a semantic loan from French manifestation. By surface analysis, manifest + -ation.

Example Sentences

• "The last known manifestation of the ghost was over ten years ago."
• "Rather, the genuinely historical lies in the appearing of the phenomenalizing cogitatio, an appearing that does not refer back to pregivennesses; that is, the genuinely historical lies in the manifestation of noetic-noematic consciousness."
• "This particular manifestation resembled a young girl crying."