Dictionary

manifestation en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌmænɪfəˈsteɪʃən/
• (US) audio
• /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.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) 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. (countable, uncountable) 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. 2014 March 3, 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:
   • Both brides and grooms in native Hawaiian tradition wear flower garlands as a physical manifestation of their love for one another, and to some, the twining of the stems is reflective of two families now becoming one. A more tourist-friendly version established in the past couple of decades involves winding the leis around the couple’s hands to bind them together. 2013 August 30, Kat Kinsman, “Something borrowed: Wedding traditions from around the world”, in CNN:
   • This particular manifestation resembled a young girl crying.
3. (countable, uncountable) The symptoms or observable conditions which are seen as a result of some disease.
4. (countable, uncountable) A pattern or logo on a sheet of glass, as decoration or to prevent people from accidentally walking into it.
5. (countable, dated, uncountable) A political demonstration or protest.
   • “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:
   • 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.” 1891 June 14, “Russian Chronicle”, in Free Russia, number 11, page 16:
   • There were anti-Semitic riots at several of the High Schools and manifestations among the unemployed graduates emerging from those institutions. 1956, Carlile Aylmer Macartney, October Fifteenth: A History of Modern Hungary, 1929–1945, volume 1, page 134:
6. (countable, informal, uncountable) Willing something into existence (See manifest (verb)).
   • I don't believe in manifestation.

Forms

Deriveds

nonmanifestation · remanifestation · clinical manifestation · manifestational

Translations (49)

ko 표현 (the act or process of becoming manifest) · ru манифеста́ция (the act or process of becoming manifest) · sv manifestation (medicine: symptoms or observable conditions) · fi ilmeneminen (medicine: symptoms or observable conditions) · hi आविर्भाव (the act or process of becoming manifest) · got 𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌷𐍄𐌴𐌹 (the act or process of becoming manifest) · fi ilmeneminen (the act or process of becoming manifest) · ota تجلی (the act or process of becoming manifest) · la patefactiō (the act or process of becoming manifest) · mt manifestazzjoni (the act or process of becoming manifest) · hi प्रादुर्भाव (the act or process of becoming manifest) · fa تجلی (the act or process of becoming manifest) · cmn 顯示 /显示 (the act or process of becoming manifest) · ro manifestare (medicine: symptoms or observable conditions) · el εκδήλωση (the act or process of becoming manifest) · es manifestación (the act or process of becoming manifest) · csb manifestacjô (the act or process of becoming manifest) · ga réaladh (the act or process of becoming manifest) · ru проявле́ние (the act or process of becoming manifest) · la manifēstātiō (the act or process of becoming manifest) · de Erscheinung (the act or process of becoming manifest) · bg проява (the act or process of becoming manifest) · rm manifestaziun (the act or process of becoming manifest) · gd foillseachadh (the act or process of becoming manifest) · pt manifestação (the act or process of becoming manifest) · ru проявления болезни (medicine: symptoms or observable conditions) · hi अभिव्यक्ति (the act or process of becoming manifest) · hi तजल्ली (the act or process of becoming manifest) · bg симптом (medicine: symptoms or observable conditions) · bg проявяване (the act or process of becoming manifest) · it manifestazione (the act or process of becoming manifest) · de Manifestation (the act or process of becoming manifest) · th การปรากฏตัว (the act or process of becoming manifest) · hi प्रकटीकरण (the act or process of becoming manifest) · nl manifestatie (the act or process of becoming manifest) · fr manifestation (medicine: symptoms or observable conditions) · hi ज़ुहूर (the act or process of becoming manifest) · ro manifestare (the act or process of becoming manifest) · az təzahür (the act or process of becoming manifest) · fi ilmentymä (the act or process of becoming manifest) · id manifestasi (the act or process of becoming manifest) · ja 明示 (the act or process of becoming manifest) · rm arataziun (the act or process of becoming manifest) · grc ἐπιφάνεια (the act or process of becoming manifest) · cs projev (medicine: symptoms or observable conditions) · sv manifestation (the act or process of becoming manifest) · fr manifestation (the act or process of becoming manifest) · mi whakatinanatanga (the act or process of becoming manifest) · ml ആവിർഭാവം (the act or process of becoming manifest)