self-actualization en · NOUN
Etymology
From self- + actualization. Probably applied in this sense by Abraham Maslow.
Meanings
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(uncountable, usually) Psychological development that can be achieved when all basic and mental needs are fulfilled.
The pursuit of individual autonomy or “self-actualisation”, for example, has become mired in an identity politics that subsumes the individual into rigidly defined groupings based on ethnicity, gender or sexuality.
2022 March 8, Andrew Anthony, “Liberalism and Its Discontents by Francis Fukuyama review – a defence of liberalism… from a former neocon”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:This is not an exercise in self-actualization at other people's expense. That's what you've been doing up until now. This is about acknowledging your faults to the people you've hurt without hurting them more.
2007 November, Gil Schwartz, “Escape from the job monster”, in Men's Health, volume 22, number 9, →ISSN, page 122:
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| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| self-actualizations | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| self-actualisation | alternative | lexicographic |
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Translations (10)
nl zelfactualisering (psychological development) · mk самоостварување (psychological development) · da selvrealisering (psychological development) · de Selbstverwirklichung (psychological development) · fi itsensä toteuttaminen (psychological development) · cmn 自我實現 /自我实现 (psychological development) · sv självförverkligande (psychological development) · sh samoostvarenje (psychological development) · hu önmegvalósítás (psychological development) · pl samorealizacja (psychological development)