manifestation

Meanings

1. The act or process of becoming manifest.
2. The embodiment of an intangible, or variable thing.
3. 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 or to prevent people from accidentally walking into it.
5. A political demonstration or protest.
6. Willing something into existence (see manifest (verb)).

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.