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
Reading Carl Jung’s theory of individuation, the development of self-realization, led her to see her seven chickens as one continuous being, always in communication with wild birds.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 7, 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
We are told that the world-process moves towards an end, and that this end is the self-realization of reason, and that it is proximately attained in man, because man is a reasoning being.
From A Critical History of Greek Philosophy by Stace, W. T. (Walter Terence)
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