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

“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

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

“Code for America’s mission is to build technology by and for people, and for me unionizing is the actualization of that mission internally,” they explain.

From The Verge • Aug. 4, 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 Brackett, Anna C. (Anna Callender)