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actualization

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

noun

  • actualizations
    plural
  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

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“In so many ways, it felt like the actualization of a lot of these more private hungers and more private desires for sound and experience and collectivity,” she said.

From New York Times Mar. 10, 2023

So maybe enjoy the actualization and look at the horizon and have a glass of water.

From Salon Sep. 17, 2022

“While the market had a good sense of the potential trends, the actualization of those expectations did have an impact.”

From Washington Post Apr. 22, 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

Religion trained the activity of man into actualization on this planet, increasing by its means the dominion of the good, by purifying the water, by planting trees, by extirpating troublesome wild beasts.

From Pedagogics as a System by Anna C. (Anna Callender) Brackett

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