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单词 actuality
释义 ac·tu·al·i·ty
\ˌakchəˈwaləd.ē, -ksh-, -ətē, -i\ noun
(-es)
Etymology: Medieval Latin actualitas, from Late Latin actualis + Latin -itas -ity
1. : the quality or state of being actual : fact, reality; especially : phenomenal reality
 < by each of these artists emotions and feelings have been given actuality in shape and form — Michael Kitson >
 < often what seems the most novel is, in actuality, merely the revival of something old — R.B.West >
2. : something that is actual
 < possible risks which have been seized upon as actualities — T.S.Eliot >
3.
 a. in Aristotelianism : the being of an existent object insofar as it is not merely potential but is endowed with form — compare entelechy
 b. in Hegelianism : the status of an entity enjoying relative independence and self-sufficiency
  < the actuality of a commonwealth >
 c. : the nature of a thing as realized in existence
 d. : something that embodies actuality
4. : a film record or radio or television broadcast of an event as it actually occurs
 < actuality film >
 < actuality program >
— compare documentary
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