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

Reinvention and actualization are common to all Lawrence’s shows, along with the notion that nobody is beyond redemption, that we’re all simply human.

From Salon • May 11, 2026

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

And those hard-pedaling patrons drawn to the company for its mantras promising actualization, community and open-mindedness, all for $34 per session, might want to take their money elsewhere.

From Washington Post • Aug. 12, 2019

The humanistic nurse values nursing as a situation in which the necessary conditions for such human actualization exist and is open to the possibilities in the intimately shared nurse-patient here and now.

From Humanistic Nursing by Paterson, Josephine G.