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materialization

 
Noun materialization has 3 senses
  1. materialization, materialisation - the process of coming into being; becoming reality; "the materialization of her dream"
    --1 is a kind of natural process, natural action, action, activity
    Derived form: verb materialize1
  2. materialization, materialisation, manifestation - an appearance in bodily form (as of a disembodied spirit)
    --2 is a kind of appearance
    Derived form: verb materialize1
  3. offspring, materialization, materialisation - something that comes into existence as a result; "industrialism prepared the way for acceptance of the French Revolution's various socialistic offspring"; "this skyscraper is the solid materialization of his efforts"
    --3 is a kind of consequence, effect, outcome, result, event, issue, upshot
    Derived form: verb materialize1
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