manifestation

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin manifestātiō, in the political sense via French manifestation. By surface analysis, manifest + -ation.

noun

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. 2012, W. Mckenna, R.M. Harlan, L.E. Winters, Apriori and World, page 101
2. The embodiment of an intangible, or variable thing.
   Despite personal schisms and differences in spiritual experience, there is a very coherent theology of Snape shared between the wives. To examine this manifestation of religious fandom, I will first discuss the canon scepticism and anti-Rowling sentiment that helps to contextualise the wider belief in Snape as a character who extends beyond book and film. 3 March 2014, Zoe Alderton, “‘Snapewives’ and ‘Snapeism’: A Fiction-Based Religion within the Harry Potter Fandom”, in Religions, volume 5, number 1, MDPI, →DOI, pages 219–257
   This particular manifestation resembled a young girl crying.
3. (medicine) The symptoms or observable conditions which are seen as a result of some disease.
4. A pattern or logo on a sheet of glass, as decoration and/or to prevent people from accidentally walking into it.
5. (dated) 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.” June 1891, “Russian Chronicle”, in Free Russia, number 11, page 16
   The Printers Union published a communique branding General Radescu and those who took part in the manifestation as ‘fascists.’ 1949, Reuben H. Markham, Rumania Under the Soviet Yoke, page 458