materializationn.
/məˌtɪərɪəlʌɪˈzeɪʃn/, U.S. /məˌtɪriələˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/, /məˌtɪriəˌlaɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/ 1. The action or an act of making something material, or of giving something a material form. Also: the action of gaining a material or concrete form.
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the world > existence and causation > existence > materiality > [noun] > materialization
hylasmus1664
materialization1843
reification1846
corporealization1863
thingifying1931
thingification1935
1843 Foreign & Colonial Q. Rev. 2 338 Is not this symbolization or materialization necessarily connected with deism in the abstract?
1856 R. A. Vaughan Hours with Mystics II. ix. i. 137 The materialization of spiritual truth.
1899 W. R. Inge Christian Mysticism vii. 263 A truer view sees in them [sc. miracles] a materialisation of mystical symbols.
1918 H. Croy How Motion Pictures are Made vii. 179 If the story demands instantaneous materialization the effect is secured by a photographic means usually known as ‘the hold’.
1938 Encycl. Brit. Bk. of Year 404/1 The prediction of the possibility under certain conditions of the materialization of radiation quanta into a positon and a negaton.
1998 Isis 89 131/1 His divinization of matter (and materialization of God) challenged Christian doctrines of the soul's immortality and the afterlife.
2. Spiritualism. The appearance of a spirit in bodily form; a spirit so embodied. Later also in extended use (colloquial): the arrival or appearance of someone, esp. suddenly.
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the world > the supernatural > the occult > spiritualism > [noun] > a spiritual body > materialization of
hylasmus1664
materialization1877
precipitation1891
1877 H. P. Blavatsky Isis Unveiled II. ii. 83 (note) If..they [sc. Roman Catholics] believe in the ‘materialization’ of Mary and John, for Ignatius, how can they logically deny the materialization of Katie and John (King), when it is attested by the careful experiments of Mr. Crookes?
1882 Conf. Medium 47 We changed the form of the circle for the materialisations.
1905 A. R. Wallace My Life II. 323 All the usual phenomena of materialization occurred.
1949 Chicago Tribune 11 Dec. 29/2 I was anxious for a ‘materialization’ of my sister who had died in Duluth, Minn., in 1922.
1994 Independent (Electronic ed.) 3 Oct. The one, match-winning exception was Rory Underwood's materialisation off the left wing.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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