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MATERIALIZATION

Dictionary entry overview: What does materialization mean?

• MATERIALIZATION (noun)
The noun MATERIALIZATION has 3 senses:

1. the process of coming into being; becoming reality
2. an appearance in bodily form (as of a disembodied spirit)
3. something that comes into existence as a result

Familiarity information: MATERIALIZATION used as a noun is uncommon.

Dictionary entry details

• MATERIALIZATION (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The process of coming into being; becoming reality

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

materialisation; materialization

Context example:

the materialization of her dream

Hypernyms ("materialization" is a kind of...):

action; activity; natural action; natural process (a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings))

Sense 2

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Meaning:

An appearance in bodily form (as of a disembodied spirit)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

materialisation; materialization; manifestation

Hypernyms ("materialization" is a kind of...):

appearance (the event of coming into sight)

Sense 3

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Meaning:

Something that comes into existence as a result

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

offspring; materialisation; materialization

Context examples:

industrialism prepared the way for acceptance of the French Revolution's various socialistic offspring / this skyscraper is the solid materialization of his efforts

Hypernyms ("materialization" is a kind of...):

consequence; effect; event; issue; outcome; result; upshot (a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon)

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