'apparition' definitions:

Definition of 'apparition'

(from WordNet)
noun
A ghostly appearing figure; "we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us" [syn: apparition, phantom, phantasm, phantasma, fantasm, specter, spectre]
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The appearance of a ghostlike figure; "I was recalled to the present by the apparition of a frightening specter"
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Something existing in perception only; "a ghostly apparition at midnight" [syn: apparition, phantom, phantasm, phantasma, fantasm, shadow]
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An act of appearing or becoming visible unexpectedly; "natives were amazed at the apparition of this white stranger"

Synonyms of 'apparition'

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