actualisticadj.

Brit.

/ˌak(t)ʃʊəˈlɪstɪk/,

/ˌak(t)ʃᵿˈlɪstɪk/,

/ˌak(t)ʃlˈɪstɪk/, U.S.

/ˌæk(t)ʃ(əw)əˈlɪstɪk/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: actual adj., -istic suffix, actualist n., -ic suffix.

Etymology: In sense 1 probably < actual adj. + -istic suffix, after e.g. realistic adj., naturalistic adj. In sense 2 probably < actualist n. + -ic suffix. Compare earlier actualism n.

1. Characterized by or concerned with action or the actual; (Philosophy) relating to the theory that only what is actual exists (see actualism n. 1). Also: representative of reality, realistic, naturalistic.

ΚΠ

1857 J. Hinton Select. from MSS. (1871) II. 321 The action between us and the external world is real enough. There is no difficulty in feeling the world to be a result, in the actualistic sense, any more than in persuading a sane man who has seen spectral illusions and believed them to be real, that they depend on himself.

1908 Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. 19 264 Conflicting points of view also exist between..Substantialistic and Actualistic psychology, the latter being represented..by all opponents of the doctrine of a substantial soul.

1921 A. H. Hannay & R. G. Collingwood tr. G. de Ruggiero Mod. Philos. 201 Over against this actualistic concept of life,..we find maintained..an absolutely intellectualistic conception.

1934 Ess. & Stud. 19 145 An actualistic drawing-room play.

1964 Educ. Theatre Jrnl. 16 249/1 The pictorial realism of the previous century was being replaced by a more actualistic realism.

2005 A. Nelson Compan. Rationalism xv. 282 Spinoza's metaphysics is strongly actualistic; merely possible things have no existence whatsoever.

2. Geology. Of or relating to actualism (actualism n. 3).

ΚΠ

1900 J. McCabe tr. E. Haeckel Riddle of Universe xiii. 249 Sir Charles Lyell then applied this ontological or actualistic method with great success to the whole province of geology.

1951 Trans. Royal Soc. Edinb. 62 i. 85 An interpretation of the Tertiary rocks of the area..is found by following the actualistic principle, that is by interpreting the unknown with reference to the known or actual.

1979 M. Ruse Darwinian Revol. iii. 41 It seems also to be actualistic—one explains past climate changes in terms of persisting causes.

1999 T. M. Cronin Princ. Paleoclimatol. ii. 67 An actualistic approach..whereby the modern ecological requirements of species are used to directly interpret the significance of fossil assemblages and infer past climates.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	actualistic
释义	actualisticadj. Brit. /ˌak(t)ʃʊəˈlɪstɪk/, /ˌak(t)ʃᵿˈlɪstɪk/, /ˌak(t)ʃlˈɪstɪk/, U.S. /ˌæk(t)ʃ(əw)əˈlɪstɪk/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: actual adj., -istic suffix, actualist n., -ic suffix. Etymology: In sense 1 probably < actual adj. + -istic suffix, after e.g. realistic adj., naturalistic adj. In sense 2 probably < actualist n. + -ic suffix. Compare earlier actualism n. 1. Characterized by or concerned with action or the actual; (Philosophy) relating to the theory that only what is actual exists (see actualism n. 1). Also: representative of reality, realistic, naturalistic. ΚΠ 1857 J. Hinton Select. from MSS. (1871) II. 321 The action between us and the external world is real enough. There is no difficulty in feeling the world to be a result, in the actualistic sense, any more than in persuading a sane man who has seen spectral illusions and believed them to be real, that they depend on himself. 1908 Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. 19 264 Conflicting points of view also exist between..Substantialistic and Actualistic psychology, the latter being represented..by all opponents of the doctrine of a substantial soul. 1921 A. H. Hannay & R. G. Collingwood tr. G. de Ruggiero Mod. Philos. 201 Over against this actualistic concept of life,..we find maintained..an absolutely intellectualistic conception. 1934 Ess. & Stud. 19 145 An actualistic drawing-room play. 1964 Educ. Theatre Jrnl. 16 249/1 The pictorial realism of the previous century was being replaced by a more actualistic realism. 2005 A. Nelson Compan. Rationalism xv. 282 Spinoza's metaphysics is strongly actualistic; merely possible things have no existence whatsoever. 2. Geology. Of or relating to actualism (actualism n. 3). ΚΠ 1900 J. McCabe tr. E. Haeckel Riddle of Universe xiii. 249 Sir Charles Lyell then applied this ontological or actualistic method with great success to the whole province of geology. 1951 Trans. Royal Soc. Edinb. 62 i. 85 An interpretation of the Tertiary rocks of the area..is found by following the actualistic principle, that is by interpreting the unknown with reference to the known or actual. 1979 M. Ruse Darwinian Revol. iii. 41 It seems also to be actualistic—one explains past climate changes in terms of persisting causes. 1999 T. M. Cronin Princ. Paleoclimatol. ii. 67 An actualistic approach..whereby the modern ecological requirements of species are used to directly interpret the significance of fossil assemblages and infer past climates. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1857
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