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