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Synonyms

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

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My brain wants to make sense of all that, though, so it keeps trying to find order and actualization.

From Salon Oct. 10, 2022

“While the market had a good sense of the potential trends, the actualization of those expectations did have an impact.”

From Washington Post Apr. 22, 2022

As of 2015, a practical actualization of John von Neumann’s mathematical proof was available to anyone with a powerful enough personal computer.

From New York Times Jan. 18, 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

Whether, then, we conceive the actualization as beginning in time or as proceeding from all eternity, it is self-contradictory to suppose the potential as capable of actualizing itself.

From Ontology or the Theory of Being by Coffey, Peter

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