deactualization

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noun

Making less real or existent.

Opposite
actualization
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Meanings

noundeactualization (plural deactualizations)

plural deactualizations · alternative deactualisation

  1. Making less real or existent.

    This method of actualizing deactualization of what has passed is the only appropriate type of forgetting in cases of severe trauma.

    2011, Jurgen Straub, Jorn Rusen, Dark Traces of the Past: Psychoanalysis and Historical Thinking

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
actualization

Origin

From de- + actualization.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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