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actuality
actuality
noun
Definition of ACTUALITY
1
the fact of being or of being real <the actuality of the Abominable Snowman is not taken seriously by scientists>
2
the quality of being actual <the actuality of equal opportunity depends on more than just having laws that supposedly ensure it>
3
the state of being actual or complete <the actuality of a manned flight to the moon would never have been believed a hundred years ago>
Synonyms accomplishment, achievement, actuality, actualization, attainment, consummation, fulfillment (or fulfilment), pass, realization
Antonyms naught (also nought), nonfulfillment
4
something that actually exists <these estimated tax revenues, from casinos that have yet to be built, are being treated as actualities>
Related Words certainty, inevitability; circumstance, event, occurrence, phenomenon; element, item, particular, thing
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