materialization

materialization
noun
1. the process of coming into being; becoming reality
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the materialization of her dream

Syn: ↑materialisation
Derivationally related forms: ↑materialise (for: ↑materialisation), ↑materialize
Hypernyms: ↑natural process, ↑natural action, ↑action, ↑activity
2. an appearance in bodily form (as of a disembodied spirit)
Derivationally related forms: ↑manifest (for: ↑manifestation), ↑materialise (for: ↑materialisation), ↑materialize
Hypernyms: ↑appearance
3. something that comes into existence as a result
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industrialism prepared the way for acceptance of the French Revolution's various socialistic offspring

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this skyscraper is the solid materialization of his efforts

Syn: ↑offspring, ↑materialisation
Derivationally related forms: ↑materialise (for: ↑materialisation), ↑materialize
Hypernyms:
consequence, ↑effect, ↑outcome, ↑result, ↑event, ↑issue, ↑upshot

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