APPARITION


Meaning of APPARITION in English

ap ‧ pa ‧ ri ‧ tion /ˌæpəˈrɪʃ ə n/ BrE AmE noun [countable]

[ Date: 1400-1500 ; Language: Late Latin ; Origin: apparitio , from Latin apparere ; ⇨ ↑ appear ]

something that you imagine you can see, especially the spirit of a dead person:

He stared at the strange apparition before him.

a ghostly apparition of a man

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THESAURUS

▪ ghost the spirit of a dead person that some people think they can feel or see in a place:

His ghost is believed to haunt the house.

▪ spirit a creature without a physical body, such as an angel or ghost:

evil spirits

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the spirit world

▪ apparition an image of a dead person that someone sees suddenly for a short time:

He claimed to have seen an apparition in the church.

▪ poltergeist a ghost that people cannot see, which throws things or moves things around:

The house was haunted by a poltergeist that makes things move around all by themselves, sometimes quite big things like beds or wardrobes.

▪ spook informal a ghost:

I’m not scared of spooks.

▪ phantom literary a frightening and unclear image of a dead person:

They had seen phantoms gliding on the surface of the water.

▪ spectre British English , specter American English literary a ghost, especially a frightening one:

She had looked like a spectre.

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The following night, the spectre appeared again.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.