manifestation

[man-uh-fuh-stey-shuhn, -fe-]

noun

1. an act of manifesting.

   This graffiti is the latest manifestation of a prejudice in our community that we will not tolerate.

2. the state of being manifested.

   The poem calls sacrifice the highest manifestation of love.

3. outward or perceptible indication; materialization.

   At first there was no manifestation of the disease.

4. a public demonstration, as for political effect.

5. the act or practice of trying to attain something desired by thinking about or focusing intensely on it, especially as a spiritual or self-help practice.

   His videos on manifestation are very popular with younger audiences.

6. Also called materialization. Spiritualism.,  the physical appearance of a spirit, or the physical evidence of a spirit's presence.

manifestation

/ ˌmænɪfɛˈsteɪʃən /

noun

1. the act of demonstrating; display

   a manifestation of solidarity

2. the state of being manifested

3. an indication or sign

4. a public demonstration of feeling

5. the materialization of a disembodied spirit

Other Word Forms

• nonmanifestation noun
• premanifestation noun
• remanifestation noun
• self-manifestation noun
• manifestative adjective
• manifestational adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of manifestation¹

First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English, from Late Latin manifestātiōn-, stem of manifestātiō; manifest, -ation

Example Sentences

This may have its amusingly juvenile aspects in Capitol Hill bars after work, but it is the visible manifestation of a cumulative and self-reinforcing radicalization.

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And then “Incomplete” is a song that is a manifestation, as you just described, that I would be good.

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Claude’s partnership with Air Mail was the physical manifestation of the company’s recent brand campaign called “Keep Thinking,” Sam McAllister, member of staff at Anthropic, told me.

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Amina’s sleepwalking—a concept inconceivable to the villagers, who think the town is haunted—gets her in trouble, and is here a manifestation of her “otherness” and innate resistance to the community’s rigidity.

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Most European academics appear less willing to risk a confrontation with its manifestation on American soil.

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Related Words

• demonstration 
• explanation 
• expression 
• indication 
• instance 
• meaning 
• phenomenon 
• symptom 
• token