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

“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

The term entelechy which sounds outlandish to us may be replaced by the word realization or actualization and is very close in meaning to the Aristotelian use of the word form.

From A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy by Husik, Isaac