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actualism en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English actual Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English actualism From actual + -ism.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) The belief that actuality and existence are co‐extensive: i.e., that only actual things exist, and merely possible things do not.

Forms

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actualisms Number=Plur lexicographic

Antonyms

possibilism

Translations (7)

sh aktualizam (the belief that only actual things exist) · de Aktualismus (the belief that only actual things exist) · pl aktualizm (the belief that only actual things exist) · it attualismo (the belief that only actual things exist) · fr actualisme (the belief that only actual things exist) · et aktualism (the belief that only actual things exist) · pt atualismo (the belief that only actual things exist)