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==Origin==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] apparicioun, from Anglo-French aparicion, from Late Latin apparition-, apparitio appearance, from [[Latin]] apparēre
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15th_century 15th Century]
==Definitions==
*1a : an [[unusual]] or unexpected [[sight]] : [[phenomenon]]
:b : a [[ghost]]ly figure
*2: the [[act]] of becoming visible : [[appearance]]
==Description==
In [[psychology]] and [[parapsychology]], an '''apparition'''al [[experience]] is an [[anomalous]], quasi-[[perceptual]] experience.
It is characterized by the apparent [[perception]] of either a living [[being]] or an inanimate object without there being any material [[stimulus]] for such a perception. The [[person]] experiencing the apparition is [[awake]], excluding [[dream]] [[visions]] from [[consideration]].
In [[scientific]] or [[academic]] [[discussion]], the term apparitional [[experience]] is to be preferred to the term [[ghost]] in respect of the following points:
#The term [[ghost]] implies that some element of the [[human being]] survives [[death]] and, at least under certain circumstances, can make itself perceptible to living human beings. There are other competing [[explanations]] of apparitional experiences.
#Firsthand accounts of apparitional experiences differ in many respects from their [[fiction]]al counterparts in [[literary]] or [[traditional]] [[ghost]] [[stories]].
#The [[content]] of apparitional experiences includes living [[beings]], both [[human]] and [[animal]], and even inanimate objects.
[[Category: Psychology]]
==Origin==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] apparicioun, from Anglo-French aparicion, from Late Latin apparition-, apparitio appearance, from [[Latin]] apparēre
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15th_century 15th Century]
==Definitions==
*1a : an [[unusual]] or unexpected [[sight]] : [[phenomenon]]
:b : a [[ghost]]ly figure
*2: the [[act]] of becoming visible : [[appearance]]
==Description==
In [[psychology]] and [[parapsychology]], an '''apparition'''al [[experience]] is an [[anomalous]], quasi-[[perceptual]] experience.
It is characterized by the apparent [[perception]] of either a living [[being]] or an inanimate object without there being any material [[stimulus]] for such a perception. The [[person]] experiencing the apparition is [[awake]], excluding [[dream]] [[visions]] from [[consideration]].
In [[scientific]] or [[academic]] [[discussion]], the term apparitional [[experience]] is to be preferred to the term [[ghost]] in respect of the following points:
#The term [[ghost]] implies that some element of the [[human being]] survives [[death]] and, at least under certain circumstances, can make itself perceptible to living human beings. There are other competing [[explanations]] of apparitional experiences.
#Firsthand accounts of apparitional experiences differ in many respects from their [[fiction]]al counterparts in [[literary]] or [[traditional]] [[ghost]] [[stories]].
#The [[content]] of apparitional experiences includes living [[beings]], both [[human]] and [[animal]], and even inanimate objects.
[[Category: Psychology]]