actualization

American  

[ak-choo-uh-luh-zey-shuhn] / ˌæk tʃu ə ləˈzeɪ ʃən /

noun

1. the act or process of actualizing.

2. Psychology. self-actualization.

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Etymology

Origin of actualization

First recorded in 1815–25; actualize + -ation

Example Sentences

“My work touches on the nuances of family, self-love, self-preservation, actualization and metamorphosis.”

From New York Times • Feb. 23, 2023

“This is the actualization of something we’ve talked about for a long time,” Moore said at his first official news conference since his election.

From Washington Post • Nov. 10, 2022

My brain wants to make sense of all that, though, so it keeps trying to find order and actualization.

From Salon • Oct. 10, 2022

I am a primary care physician, a person with a uterus, a sister, a daughter of immigrants, an actualization of the American dream.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 10, 2021

And such is the benignant Providence which will bear the Practical Christian Republic onward through all its struggles to the actualization of its sublime destiny.

From History of American Socialisms by Noyes, John Humphrey