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

For everything that comes into being after a state of non-existence requires motion to precede it, namely, the actualization from non-being.

From A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy by Husik, Isaac