actuality

ac·tu·al·i·ty

noun \ˌak-chə-ˈwa-lə-tē, ˌak-shə-\

plural ac·tu·al·i·ties

Definition of ACTUALITY

1

: the quality or state of being actual

2

: something that is actual : fact, reality <possible risks which have been seized upon as actualities — T. S. Eliot>

— in actuality

: in actual fact

Examples of ACTUALITY

1. The actuality was quite different from the theory.
2. <the actuality of the Abominable Snowman is not taken seriously by scientists>

First Known Use of ACTUALITY

1618

Related to ACTUALITY

Synonyms: existence, corporality, corporeality, reality, subsistence, thingness

Antonyms: inexistence, nonbeing, nonexistence, nothingness, unreality

Related Words: genuineness, realness; activity, animation, life; currency, presence, prevalence

Near Antonyms: absence, dearth, lack, want; potentiality, virtuality

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Rhymes with ACTUALITY

abnormality, amorality, animality, atonality, axiality, bestiality, bilinguality, bimodality, bipedality, cardinality, classicality, coevality, comicality, commonality, communality, conjugality, cordiality, corporality, criminality, criticality, ethicality, externality, factuality, farcicality, fictionality, functionality, generality, geniality, hospitality, ideality, illegality, immorality, immortality, informality, integrality, internality, irreality, joviality, lexicality, liberality, lineality, literality, logicality, lognormality, marginality, musicality, mutuality, nationality, notionality, nuptiality, optimality, parfocality, partiality, personality, physicality, practicality, principality, prodigality, punctuality, quizzicality, rationality, seasonality, sensuality, sexuality, siege mentality, sociality, speciality, subnormality, surreality, technicality, temporality, textuality, topicality, triviality, typicality, unmorality, unreality, verticality, virtuality, whimsicality