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actuality

Entry Word:: actuality
Function:: noun

Text: 1 the fact of being or of being real<the actuality of the Abominable Snowman is not taken seriously by scientists>— see existence 2 the quality of being actual<the actuality of equal opportunity depends on more than just having laws that supposedly ensure it>— see fact 1 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>— see fruition

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