manifestation

noun
/ˌmænɪfɛˈsteɪʃən/

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.

  1. derived from manifestātiō
  2. inherited from manifestacion

Definitions

  1. The act or process of becoming manifest.

    • 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.
  2. The embodiment of an intangible, or variable thing.

    • This particular manifestation resembled a young girl crying.
  3. The symptoms or observable conditions which are seen as a result of some disease.

  4. + 3 more definitions
    1. A pattern or logo on a sheet of glass, as decoration or to prevent people from…

      A pattern or logo on a sheet of glass, as decoration or to prevent people from accidentally walking into it.

    2. A political demonstration or protest.

      • The nationalist parties were also busy during the whole of April preparing a manifestation for the 3rd of May, the centennial anniversary of the “constitution of 1791.”
      • “The Printers Union published a communique branding General Radescu and those who took part in the manifestation as ‘fascists.’”
      • There were anti-Semitic riots at several of the High Schools and manifestations among the unemployed graduates emerging from those institutions.
    3. Willing something into existence (see manifest (verb)).

      • I don't believe in manifestation.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at manifestation. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at manifestation. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at manifestation

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA