materialization

noun ma·te·ri·al·i·za·tion \mə-ˌtir-ē-ə-lə-ˈzā-shən\

Definition of MATERIALIZATION

: the action of materializing or becoming materialized

: something that has been materialized; especially : apparition

1843

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

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