actualism

[ ak-choo-uh-liz-uhm ]

noun

, Philosophy.

1. the doctrine that all reality is animate or in motion.

Other Words From

• actu·al·ist noun adjective
• actu·al·istic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of actualism¹

First recorded in 1855–60; actual + -ism

Example Sentences

The poignant actualism of “Monna Vanna” lies, however, in the author's frank sympathy with a distinctively modern zest for freedom.

From Project Gutenberg

You will note how Aeschylus stood above the possibilities of actualism with which we so much concern ourselves; in the course of some sixteen hundred lines, and without interval or change of act or scene, he introduces the watchman on the house-top who first sees the beacons that announce the fall of Troy, on the very night that Troy fell,—and the return of Agamemnon in his chariot to Argos.

From Project Gutenberg