Definition of manifestation
- demanded some manifestation of repentance
- external manifestations of gender
- Hate in all its manifestations is wrong.
- meetings, parades, and other such manifestations
- —H. M. Parshley
a portrait of a mother and child that is regarded as the very manifestation of maternal love
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15th century
abstract, avatar, embodier, embodiment, epitome, externalization, genius, icon (also ikon), image, incarnation, incorporation, objectification, personification, personifier;
actualization, concretization, exemplification, personalization, realization, substantiation;
: a sign that shows something clearly
: one of the forms that something has when it appears or occurs
: an occurrence in which the ghost or spirit of a dead person appears
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