as in self-realization
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the process of fully developing and using your abilities
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-actualization
- self-realization
- self-fulfillment
- self-discovery
- self-exploration
- introspection
- self-awareness
- self-reflection
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Both young actors are superb, each zigzagging along that fine line between immature posturing and actual, exhilarating self-realization, evoking that transitional stage through which girls like them can often seem at least three ages at once.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
14 Feb. 2025 -
These songs act as cognitive time capsules, evoking moments of heartbreak, discovery, and self-realization.—
Diana Spehar,
Forbes,
6 Dec. 2024
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These cultures tend to view divorce as a justifiable and often necessary step toward self-fulfillment.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes,
16 Mar. 2025
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This is Mascaro’s most humane film to date, which isn’t to say that August Winds and Neon Bull weren’t also grounded in the individual’s struggle for self-fulfillment outside the strictures of bourgeois circumscribed society.—
Jay D. Weissberg,
Deadline,
18 Feb. 2025
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Your heart is going through a phase of self-discovery.—
USA TODAY,
USA TODAY,
22 Mar. 2025
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Michelle's and Dorothy's journey of self-discovery do share a remarkable verisimilitude if studied at a relative distance.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
21 Mar. 2025
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The affair becomes a misguided attempt at self-exploration, a way to recapture freedom, desirability or excitement that seems absent in daily life.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes,
23 Feb. 2025
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Psychedelics and Personal Growth Beyond their therapeutic applications, psychedelics are also gaining recognition as tools for personal growth, self-exploration, and spiritual development.—
Matt Rozo,
The Mercury News,
7 Jan. 2025
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Leaders who have gone through introspection and self-inquiry are unaffected by emotional turbulence.—
Carlo Tortora Brayda,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
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Despite being a month of introspection and reflection, March’s astrology will bring emphasis to your sixth house of daily routines, work habits and more importantly, your well-being.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
1 Mar. 2025
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Tessa possesses the gift of a hauntingly lyrical voice, the musicianship of a college graduate, and an ambition grounded in integrity, grace, and self-awareness.—
Heide Janssen,
Orange County Register,
16 Mar. 2025
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Undefined roles require self-direction and self-awareness for the individual to be successful.—
Kate Wieczorek,
Forbes,
16 Mar. 2025
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For more details on the advancing realm of AI self-reflection, see my discussion at the link here.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025
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Tom Schwartz pays a visit to The Valley, too, and Jax does some self-reflection with his former Vanderpump Rules costar.—
Dana Rose Falcone,
People.com,
11 Mar. 2025
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“Self-actualization.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-actualization. Accessed 26 Mar. 2025.
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