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actuality
CIDE DICTIONARY
actuality, n.
The state of being actual; reality; as, the actuality of God's nature. South. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
actuality, n. (pl. -ies)
1 reality; what is the case.
2 (in pl.) existing conditions.
1 reality; what is the case.
2 (in pl.) existing conditions.
Etymology
ME f. OF actualit{eacute} entity or med.L actualitas (as ACTUAL)
THESAURUS
actuality
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 truthROGET THESAURUS
actuality
Existence
N existence, being, entity, ens, esse, subsistence, reality, actuality, positiveness, fact, matter of fact, sober reality, truth, actual existence, presence, coexistence, stubborn fact, hard fact, not a dream, no joke, center of life, essence, inmost nature, inner reality, vital principle, ontology, existing, existent, under the sun, in existence, extant, afloat, afoot, on foot, current, prevalent, undestroyed, real, actual, positive, absolute, true, substantial, substantive, self-existing, self-existent, essential, well-founded, well-grounded, unideal, unimagined, not potential, authentic, actually, in fact, in point of fact, in reality, indeed, de facto, ipso facto, ens rationis, ergo sum cogito, thinkest thou existence doth depend on time?.For further exploring for "actuality" in Webster Dictionary Online