as in spirits
the soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people
an eccentric who claimed to have photographed an apparition in her very own house
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Recent Examples of apparitions
Todd, the neighbor, even the strange apparitions are obfuscated simply because of their height, which adds to the eerieness of Indy’s experience but also makes Indy’s recognition of Todd’s voice all the more emotional.
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Rafael Motamayor, IndieWire, 10 Mar. 2025
Harker’s lonely investigations are often interrupted by jump scares courtesy of dark apparitions with the silhouettes of nesting dolls.
—Beatrice Loayza, Vulture, 14 Feb. 2025
Ghosts have haunted cinema since the beginning, with some early viewers comparing onscreen people to apparitions.
—Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
There have been no sightings, no fleeting apparitions.
—David Ornstein, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
There’s a kind of Gothic quality to the apparitions, calling to mind Edward Gorey figures, but all smeared and melted and smudged.
—Alissa Wilkinson, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2025
Some have seen apparitions of a woman in all white, a man dressed in old-fashioned clothing and another man wearing more modern clothing.
—Natalia Senanayake, People.com, 18 Oct. 2024
Rafael Motamayor, IndieWire, 10 Mar. 2025
Harker’s lonely investigations are often interrupted by jump scares courtesy of dark apparitions with the silhouettes of nesting dolls.
—Beatrice Loayza, Vulture, 14 Feb. 2025
Ghosts have haunted cinema since the beginning, with some early viewers comparing onscreen people to apparitions.
—Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
There have been no sightings, no fleeting apparitions.
—David Ornstein, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
There’s a kind of Gothic quality to the apparitions, calling to mind Edward Gorey figures, but all smeared and melted and smudged.
—Alissa Wilkinson, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2025
Some have seen apparitions of a woman in all white, a man dressed in old-fashioned clothing and another man wearing more modern clothing.
—Natalia Senanayake, People.com, 18 Oct. 2024
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“Apparitions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apparitions. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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