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materialization has 3 distinct synonyms spread across 3 of its 3 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. WordNet records no antonym for it — antonymy is a relation between word forms rather than concepts, so it is deliberately sparse.
the process of coming into being; becoming reality
“the materialization of her dream”
an appearance in bodily form (as of a disembodied spirit)
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for materialization come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
something that comes into existence as a result
“industrialism prepared the way for acceptance of the French Revolution's various socialistic offspring”