deactualization

English

Alternative forms

• deactualisation

Etymology

From de- +‎ actualization.

Noun

deactualization (plural deactualizations)

1. Making less real or existent.
   • 2011, Jurgen Straub, Jorn Rusen, Dark Traces of the Past: Psychoanalysis and Historical Thinking‎^[1]:

     This method of actualizing deactualization of what has passed is the only appropriate type of forgetting in cases of severe trauma.

Antonyms

• actualization