Ghosts and spirit are controversial phenomena which have several possible definitions:
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The spirit or soul of a person who has died, especially one which haunts a place which was of emotional significance to that person when living.
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The personality of a person after his or her own death which is not directly tied to the soul or spirit. A sort of psychic memory-imprint.
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The character or memory of some being or thing which has died or, if it was never alive, been somehow destroyed or disassembled, which nevertheless remains existent (and sometimes detectable) in a semi-corporeal form.
