self-fulfillment
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of self-fulfillment
First recorded in 1860–65
Example Sentences
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Turner-Seed’s own writing lays bare a struggle for self-fulfillment, to reconcile the traditional values pushed by her Jewish immigrant parents with a restless need to discover and make her own way.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 13, 2025
Everyone who volunteers for the day of service, Harrell said, will get two things: a sense of self-fulfillment that they did something about a problem rather than just complaining, and a T-shirt.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 18, 2022
Instead, Jaeger means for us to reflect on the competing issues — of morality, social progress and self-fulfillment — laid out in her impressive, albeit rather dour scientific romances.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 24, 2021
Beginning in the late 1990s, an estimated 16,000 people enrolled in courses offered by Nxivm, which said they were designed to bring greater self-fulfillment by eliminating psychological and emotional barriers.
From New York Times ● Mar. 13, 2019
He does not labour for his own self-fulfillment and nothing more.
From With God in the World A Series of Papers by Brent, Charles H.
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