manifestation

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A manifestation (from the Latin manifestare 'to make tangible') is the becoming visible or self-revealing of things of all kinds that were previously invisible or formless or nonexistent .

meaning

In Hinduism , the physical manifestation of the god Vishnu , who takes the form of a human or an animal, is called the avatar . In Christianity , the word "manifestation" is used for miraculous appearances that are ascribed to God . In Baha'itum , the concept of the manifestation of God characterizes the great prophets and founders of religions in world history, since the attributes of God are manifested in them.

In the medicine , the term predominantly for the appearance of certain disease symptoms (eg. B. wheals in hives ).

In dialectic , “manifestation” stands for the disclosure of communicative and linguistic contexts.

In historical newspapers of the 19th century such as the Deutsches Reichsanzeiger , “Manifestation” was also used to mean demonstration .

See also

literature

  • Larisa Schippel: Translation culture: an innovative and productive concept . Frank & Timme GmbH, Berlin 2008, ISBN 3-86596-158-4 , p. 75.
  • Thomas Collmer: Hegel's Dialectic of Negativity . Focus, Giessen 2002, ISBN 3-88349-501-8 , p. 277.
  • Jörg Eberspächer, Wolf von Reden: Protected or dependent ?: People in a digital environment . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg / New York 2005, ISBN 3-540-28143-6 , p. 206.
  • Johanna Klatt, Robert Lorenz: Manifestos: history and present of the political appeal (= studies of the Göttingen Institute for Democracy Research , Vol. 1). transcript, Bielefeld 2011, ISBN 3-8376-1679-7 .

Web links

Wiktionary: Manifestation  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Individual evidence

  1. The Hindu world of gods . know.de. Retrieved December 29, 2015.