self-actualization









self-actualization


noun Psychology.

  1. the achievement of one’s full potential through creativity, independence, spontaneity, and a grasp of the real world.

noun

  1. psychol the process of establishing oneself as a whole person, able to develop one’s abilities and to understand oneself

n.1939, from self- + actualization. Popularized, though not coined, by U.S. psychologist and philosopher Abraham H. Maslow (1908-1970).

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