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deactualization

deactualization noun: making less real or existent.

Noun

deactualization (plural deactualizations)

  1. Making less real or existent.
    • This method of actualizing deactualization of what has passed is the only appropriate type of forgetting in cases of severe trauma.2011, Jurgen Straub, Jorn Rusen, Dark Traces of the Past: Psychoanalysis and Historical Thinking

Antonyms of deactualization

Forms of deactualization

pluraldeactualizations
alternative formdeactualisation

Origin of deactualization

From de- + actualization.

Questions about deactualization

What does deactualization mean?
Deactualization means making less real or existent.
What part of speech is deactualization?
Deactualization is a noun.
What is the plural of deactualization?
The plural of deactualization is deactualizations.

Words near deactualization in the dictionary

  1. deactivation energies
  2. deactivation energy
  3. deactivations
  4. deactivator
  5. deactivators
  6. deactualization
  7. deactualizations
  8. deactylase
  9. deactylation
  10. deacyl
  11. deacylase

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