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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

Example Sentences

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His so-called “bone temple” is an actualization of his life philosophy, memento mori, which translates from Latin as “Remember you must die.”

From Salon Jan. 23, 2026

“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

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

How does it contribute positively to the actualization of the composite reality of which it is the material cause?

From Ontology or the Theory of Being by Coffey, Peter

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