Meanings
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1
noun
The process of something becoming real or taking a physical form.
The materialization of the project depended on getting enough funding.
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2
noun
The sudden appearance of something in bodily form.
The séance supposedly ended with the materialization of a ghostly figure.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
1
noun
· the process of something...
materialisation
2
noun
· the sudden appearance of...
manifestation
Word family
Derived forms
dematerialization
Etymology
From material + -ization and materialize + -ation.