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actuality
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actuality
n.
state of being actual, reality
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Potentiality and actuality
In philosophy, potentiality and actuality are principles of a dichotomy which Aristotle used to analyze motion, causality, ethics, and physiology in his Physics, Metaphysics, Nicomachean Ethics and De Anima (which is about the human psyche).
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actuality
Noun
1. the state of actually existing objectively; "a hope that progressed from possibility to actuality"
(hypernym) being, beingness, existence
(hyponym) reality, realness, realism
(attribute) actual, existent
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Actuality
(n.)
The state of being actual; reality; as, the actuality of God's nature.
The state of being actual; reality; as, the actuality of God's nature.
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actuality
Synonyms and related words:
accomplished fact, achievement, actualization, attainment, authenticity, basis, being, confirmability, demonstratability, doubtlessness, embodiment, essence, eternal verities, externalization, fact, factuality, fait accompli, good sooth, grim reality, historical truth, historicity, incarnation, incontestability, incontrovertibility, indisputability, indubitability, indubitableness, irrefragability, irrefutability, materialization, not a dream, objective existence, provability, questionlessness, reality, sooth, substance, the true, trueness, truth, truthfulness, ultimate truth, unconfutability, undeniability, unerroneousness, unfallaciousness, unfalseness, unimpeachability, unquestionability, unrefutability, veracity, verifiability, verity, very truth,
accomplished fact, achievement, actualization, attainment, authenticity, basis, being, confirmability, demonstratability, doubtlessness, embodiment, essence, eternal verities, externalization, fact, factuality, fait accompli, good sooth, grim reality, historical truth, historicity, incarnation, incontestability, incontrovertibility, indisputability, indubitability, indubitableness, irrefragability, irrefutability, materialization, not a dream, objective existence, provability, questionlessness, reality, sooth, substance, the true, trueness, truth, truthfulness, ultimate truth, unconfutability, undeniability, unerroneousness, unfallaciousness, unfalseness, unimpeachability, unquestionability, unrefutability, veracity, verifiability, verity, very truth,
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