actualization

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noun

Making actual or really existent.

Similar
realizationrealisationactualisation
Opposite
deactualization
OriginEnglish actualize →
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Meanings

nounactualization (countable and uncountable, plural actualizations)

plural actualizations · alternative actualisation

  1. countableuncountableMaking actual or really existent.

    Antonyms: deactualization

Synonyms & antonyms

nounMaking actual or really existent.

Opposite
deactualization

More synonyms by meaning

nounmaking real or giving the appearance of reality

Similar
realizationrealisationactualisation
Broader
creating by mental acts
Also see
realization

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Englishactual
  2. Englishactualize
  3. Englishactualization

From actualize + -ation.

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

actualization. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/actualization

MLA

“actualization.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/actualization. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “actualization,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/actualization.

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