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appearance

/əˈpɪəɹəns/ · noun

Meaning

  1. The act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye.
  2. A thing seen; a phenomenon; an apparition.
  3. The way something looks; personal presence
  4. Apparent likeness; the way which something or someone appears to others.
  5. That which is not substance, essence, hypostasis; the outward reality as opposed to the underlying reality
  6. The act of appearing in a particular place, or in society, a company, or any proceedings; a coming before the public in a particular character.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data