self-actualization

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Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • 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
  • Thus, Mill’s central political concern was not how to create order out of chaos but how to ensure that the beneficiaries of order could achieve self-fulfillment.
    John Micklethwait, Foreign Affairs, 29 May 2014
Noun
  • One day in 1989, Worthington made a startling self-discovery while reading about the National Frumps of America.
    Linda Zavoral, The Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2025
  • The exhibition, which marks Adams’ debut with the gallery, explores resilience, freedom, and the everyday realities of Black womanhood, turning the canvas into a space for self-discovery and resistance against societal constraints.
    Okla Jones, Essence, 20 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • The entirety of the album is a self-exploration for Carroll.
    Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 7 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Column: Stars, smiles and introspection on display as the Chicago Cubs begin full-squad workouts Top prospect Matt Shaw has been among those seizing the chance to learn from the Cubs greats.
    Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 17 Feb. 2025
  • During moments of downtime or introspection, the film becomes languid in form, taking on a passive visual quality that even the most judicious editing can’t overcome.
    Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 29 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Breaking this cycle requires self-awareness and healing from past attachment wounds.
    Mark Travers, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2025
  • Various studies have looked into whether dogs have any self-awareness (the ability to think of themselves as separate from what's around them).
    Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The month of Ramadan serves as a time for self-reflection and spiritual growth.
    Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Commit to Self-Reflection Becoming a better mentor requires a commitment to self-reflection.
    Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 28 Feb. 2025
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“Self-actualization.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-actualization. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.

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