apparition has definitions from the field of folklore
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[ noun ] (folklore) a ghostly appearing figure

Examples

"we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us"

Used in print

(Hampton Stone, The Man Who Looked Death...)

We were not , however , prepared_for anything like the apparition that confronted us as Felix came_up the stairs .

Related terms

spirit Flying_Dutchman

2
[ noun ] the appearance of a ghostlike figure

Examples

"I was recalled to the present by the apparition of a frightening specter"

Related terms

appearance

3
[ noun ] an act of appearing or becoming visible unexpectedly

Examples

"natives were amazed at the apparition of this white stanger"

Related terms

appearance appear

4
[ noun ] something existing in perception only

Examples

: "a ghostly apparition at midnight"

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