actuality - the state of actually existing objectively; "a hope that progressed from possibility to actuality"being, beingness, existence - the state or fact of existing; "a point of view gradually coming into being"; "laws in existence for centuries" realness, reality, realism - the state of being actual or real; "the reality of his situation slowly dawned on him" reality - the state of the world as it really is rather than as you might want it to be; "businessmen have to face harsh realities" the true, verity, truth - conformity to reality or actuality; "they debated the truth of the proposition"; "the situation brought home to us the blunt truth of the military threat"; "he was famous for the truth of his portraits"; "he turned to religion in his search for eternal verities" |