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emergence noun [ ɪˈməːdʒ(ə)ns ]

• the process of becoming visible after being concealed.
• "I misjudged the timing of my emergence"
Similar: disclosure, becoming known, coming to light, exposure, unfolding, publication, publicizing, publishing, broadcasting,
• the process of coming into existence or prominence.
• "the emergence of the environmental movement"
Similar: appearance, arrival, coming, turning up, springing up, surfacing, cropping up, popping up, advent, inception, dawn, birth, origination, start, development, rise, blossoming, blooming, materializing, materialization, arising, issue, emanation,
Opposite: disappearance,
Origin: mid 17th century (in the sense ‘unforeseen occurrence’): from medieval Latin emergentia, from Latin emergere ‘bring to light’ (see emerge).


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