1. an event, action, or object that clearly shows or embodies something, especially a theory or an abstract idea: "the first obvious manifestations of global warming"
▪ a version or incarnation of something or someone: "Purity and Innocence and Young Love in all their gentle manifestations"
▪ an appearance of a ghost or spirit:"some supernatural manifestations are regarded as portents of good or evil"Similarapparitionappearancematerializationvisitation
Word Originlate Middle English: from late Latin manifestatio(n-), from the verb manifestare ‘make public’.