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单词 actualism
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Definition of actualism in English:

actualism

noun ˈaktʃ(ə)lɪz(ə)mˈaktʃʊlɪz(ə)mˈaktʃʊəlɪz(ə)m

  • 1Philosophy. The doctrine that only what is actual exists, and hence entities which are only possible do not exist; belief in the importance of the actual.

  • 2Realism in description or representation; = "actuality".

  • 3Geology. The theory or principle that changes in the geological past can be explained in terms of processes observable in the present. Compare actualist. Now chiefly historical.

Origin

Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Brownson's Quarterly Review. From actual + -ism.

Definition of actualism in US English:

actualism

noun

  • 1Philosophy. The doctrine that only what is actual exists, and hence entities which are only possible do not exist; belief in the importance of the actual.

  • 2Realism in description or representation; = "actuality".

  • 3Geology. The theory or principle that changes in the geological past can be explained in terms of processes observable in the present. Compare actualist. Now chiefly historical.

Origin

Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Brownson's Quarterly Review. From actual + -ism.
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