noun
- The process of coming into being; becoming reality.
- usage: "the materialization of her dream"
- synonyms: materialisation
- An appearance in bodily form (as of a disembodied spirit.
- synonyms: materialisation, manifestation
- Something that comes into existence as a result.
- usage: "industrialism prepared the way for acceptance of the French Revolution's various socialistic offspring"; "this skyscraper is the solid materialization of his efforts"
- synonyms: offspring, materialisation
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