apparition
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a ghostly appearing figure
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the appearance of a ghostlike figure
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the event of coming into sightantonyms:disparitionthe event of passing out of sight
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a mental representationtype of:représentationa presentation to the mind in the form of an idea or image
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something existing in perception onlysynonyms: fantômetypes:objet volant non identifié, soucoupe volantean (apparently) flying object whose nature is unknown; especially those considered to have extraterrestrial originstype of:illusionan erroneous mental representation
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the act of appearing in public viewantonyms:disparitionthe act of leaving secretly or without explanationtype of:arrivéethe act of arriving at a certain place
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