self-actualization
[self-ak-choo-uh-luh-zey-shuh n, self-ak-]
- the achievement of one's full potential through creativity, independence, spontaneity, and a grasp of the real world.
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Origin of self-actualization
First recorded in 1935–40
Also called actualization.
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Examples from the Web for self-actualization
Contemporary Examples
Sometimes, jobs and paychecks come out ahead of self-actualization.
[P]rosperity and equality bring greater opportunities for self-actualization.
If there was real empowerment behind princesses, they'd be a powerful tool for girls' self-actualization.
Historical Examples
They bring something to the dialogue in which self-actualization occurs.
Herein is LoveReuel L. Howe
But in the philosophy of Hegel religion is a part of God--a stage in the development or self-actualization of God.
Christianity and Greek PhilosophyBenjamin Franklin Cocker
self-actualization
- psychol the process of establishing oneself as a whole person, able to develop one's abilities and to understand oneself
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Word Origin and History for self-actualization
n.
1939, from self- + actualization. Popularized, though not coined, by U.S. psychologist and philosopher Abraham H. Maslow (1908-1970).
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