self-realization
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of self-realization
First recorded in 1870–75
Example Sentences
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And while it may be dangerous to attribute specific emotions to an animal, it is fair to say that, at least on a physical level, a kind of self-realization was occurring.
From Salon • Feb. 18, 2025
The story symbolized women’s self-realization and freedom to confront “this huge masculine icon — the bridge,” she explained.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 13, 2024
Fellowship of Friends bills itself as an organization that helps members reach their true potential, an upscale throwback to the erstwhile Bay Area communes that separated participants from society so they could pursue self-realization.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 21, 2023
Trapped in this binary, Shields failed to crystallize her identity until college, and the film’s second half traces her road to self-realization thereafter.
From New York Times • Apr. 3, 2023
The idea of self-realization in ethics, Dewey begins, may be helpful or harmful according to the way in which the ideas of the self and its realization are worked out in the concrete.
From John Dewey's logical theory by Howard, Delton Thomas
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