Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

actualism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ac-tu-al-ism
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Countable; Uncountable

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.

Usage

Inflected Forms

actualisms (plural)

Antonyms

possibilism

Questions

What does actualism mean?: The belief that actuality and existence are co‐extensive: i.e., that only actual things exist, and merely possible things do not.
Where does actualism come from?: 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.

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