actualisation

Definitions of actualisation
  1. noun
    making real or giving the appearance of reality
    synonyms: actualization, realisation, realization
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    objectification
    the act of representing an abstraction as a physical thing
    depersonalisation, depersonalization, reification
    representing a human being as a physical thing deprived of personal qualities or individuality
    exteriorisation, exteriorization, externalisation, externalization
    embodying in an outward form
    hypostatisation, hypostatization, reification
    regarding something abstract as a material thing
    embodiment
    giving concrete form to an abstract concept
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    creating by mental acts
    the act of creating something by thinking
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