actuality
The real situation
Actuality is the state of being real or existing in fact, as opposed to mere possibility or theory: In actuality, the project cost twice what we budgeted.
The phrase in actuality functions like "actually" or "in fact," often introducing a correction or contrast to what was assumed.
Actualities, in the plural, are real conditions or facts: the grim actualities of war.
Accordance with reality
- realityWhat actually exists
- factVerifiable piece of information
- existenceState of being real
- beingExisting as something
presence · substance · tangibility · materiality · concreteness · realness · factuality · genuineness
Study of existence's nature
- metaphysicsPhilosophy of existence's nature
- realismAccepting things as they are
- phenomenologyStudy of subjective experience
- epistemologyTheory of knowledge
Aristotle · potentiality · essence · being · existence · necessity · contingency · substance
Accordance with reality
- veracityConformity to fact
- definitenessQuality of being exact
- surenessAbsence of uncertainty
- confirmationEstablishing something as true
affirmation · factualness · corroboration · validity · irrefutability · undeniability · certitude · assurance
Quality of being real
- legitimacyLawful or rightful status
- validityQuality of being sound
- fidelityLoyalty or exactness
- integrityMoral soundness and consistency
credibility · accuracy · trustworthiness · authenticity · sincerity · honesty · veracity · truthfulness
truth
Accordance with reality
being · presence · substance · tangibility · materiality · concreteness · realness · factuality · genuineness · objectivity
ontology
Study of existence's nature
- metaphysicsPhilosophy of existence's nature
- realismAccepting things as they are
- phenomenologyStudy of subjective experience
epistemology · Aristotle · potentiality · essence · being · existence · necessity · contingency · substance · causality
truth
Accordance with reality
- veracityConformity to fact
- definitenessQuality of being exact
- surenessAbsence of uncertainty
confirmation · affirmation · factualness · corroboration · validity · irrefutability · undeniability · certitude · assurance · conviction
genuineness
Quality of being real
- legitimacyLawful or rightful status
- validityQuality of being sound
- fidelityLoyalty or exactness
integrity · credibility · accuracy · trustworthiness · authenticity · sincerity · honesty · veracity · truthfulness · realness
actualitynonexistence
Absence of being
nothingness · nonbeing · inexistence · void · absence
actualitypossibility
State of being achievable
potentiality · virtuality · hypotheticality · eventuality · counterfactual
actualize, actualization, actualized, actualities, actualizing, actualizes