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apparition: an act of appearing or becoming visible unexpectedly; "natives were amazed at the apparition of this white stranger"; something existing in perception only; "a ghostly apparition at midnight"; the appearance of a ghostlike figure; "I was recalled to the present by the apparition of a frightening specter"; a ghostly appearing figure; "we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us"

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stretch of the imagination collapse

figment collapse: a contrived or fantastic idea; "a figment of the imagination"

imagination collapse: the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses; "popular imagination created a world of demons"; "imagination reveals what the world could be"; the ability to form mental images of things or events; "he could still hear her in his imagination"

phantasmagoria collapse: a constantly changing medley or real or imagined images (as in a dream)

wildest dream collapse

emergence collapse: the act of emerging; the becoming visible; "not a day's difference between the emergence of the andrenas and the opening of the willow catkins"; the gradual beginning or coming forth; "figurines presage the emergence of sculpture in Greece"

departed spirit collapse

phenomenon collapse: any state or process known through the senses rather than by intuition or reasoning; a remarkable development

figment of the imagination collapse

specter collapse

epiphany collapse: a divine manifestation; twelve days after Christmas; celebrates the visit of the three wise men to the infant Jesus

incarnation collapse: (Christianity) the Christian doctrine of the union of God and man in the person of Jesus Christ; time passed in a particular bodily form; "he believes that his life will be better in his next incarnation"

zombie collapse: several kinds of rum with fruit juice and usually apricot liqueur

wraith collapse

whim collapse

avatar collapse: the manifestation of a Hindu deity (especially Vishnu) in human or superhuman or animal form; "the Buddha is considered an avatar of the god Vishnu"

chimera collapse: a grotesque product of the imagination; (Greek mythology) fire-breathing female monster with a lion's head and a goat's body and a serpent's tail; daughter of Typhon

banshee collapse: (Irish folklore) a female spirit who wails to warn of impending death

dybbuk collapse: (Jewish folklore) a demon that enters the body of a living person and controls that body's behavior

occurrence collapse: an instance of something occurring; "a disease of frequent occurrence"; "the occurrence (or presence) of life on other planets"

larva collapse: the immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose

poltergeist collapse: a ghost that announces its presence with rapping and the creation of disorder

mirage collapse: something illusory and unattainable; an optical illusion in which atmospheric refraction by a layer of hot air distorts or inverts reflections of distant objects

sprite collapse

whimsy collapse

incorporeal collapse: without material form or substance; "an incorporeal spirit"

spook collapse: frighten or scare, and often provoke into a violent action; "The noise spooked the horse"

unfolding collapse: a developmental process; "the flowering of antebellum culture"

theophany collapse: a visible (but not necessarily material) manifestation of a deity to a human person

hallucination collapse: an object perceived during a hallucinatory episode; "he refused to believe that the angel was a hallucination"; illusory perception; a common symptom of severe mental disorder

maggot collapse: the larva of the housefly and blowfly commonly found in decaying organic matter

haunt collapse: a frequently visited place; haunt like a ghost; pursue; "Fear of illness haunts her"; follow stealthily or recur constantly and spontaneously to; "her ex-boyfriend stalked her"; "the ghost of her mother haunted her"

myth collapse: a traditional story accepted as history; serves to explain the world view of a people

eidolon collapse

delirium collapse: a usually brief state of excitement and mental confusion often accompanied by hallucinations

make believe collapse

disclosure collapse: the speech act of making something evident

materialization collapse: an appearance in bodily form (as of a disembodied spirit); the process of coming into being; becoming reality; "the materialization of her dream"

phantasm collapse

illusion collapse: something many people believe that is false; "they have the illusion that I am very wealthy"; an erroneous mental representation

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