materialization

ma·te·ri·al·i·za·tion

noun \mə-ˌtir-ē-ə-lə-ˈzā-shən\

Definition of MATERIALIZATION

1

: the action of materializing or becoming materialized

2

: something that has been materialized; especially : apparition

Examples of MATERIALIZATION

1. <since no one lived in the attic, the landlord suggested that the new tenant might have seen the materialization of a woman once murdered there>

First Known Use of MATERIALIZATION

1843

Related to MATERIALIZATION

Synonyms

apparition, bogey (also bogie or bogy), familiar spirit, hant [dialect], haunt [chiefly dialect], ghost, phantasm (also fantasm), phantom, poltergeist, shade, shadow, specter (or spectre), spirit, spook, sprite, vision, visitant, wraith

Related Words

angel, daimon, familiar, genie, genius, jinni (or jinn also djinni or djinn), shaitan; double, doppelgänger (or doppelganger), fetch; lemures, manes; incubus, lamia, succubus, vampire, zombie (also zombi); cacodemon, demon (or daemon), devil, fiend, ghoul, imp