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Maslowism

Maslowism noun: a model describing the main human physiological needs, including personal hygiene, dressing, feeding oneself, voluntary urinary and bowel control, ambulation, sleeping, copulation, homeostasis and shelter.

Noun

Maslowism (uncountable)

  1. A model describing the main human physiological needs, including personal hygiene, dressing, feeding oneself, voluntary urinary and bowel control, ambulation, sleeping, copulation, homeostasis and shelter.

Origin of Maslowism

From Maslow + -ism, named after Abraham Maslow (1908-1970), American psychologist.

Questions about Maslowism

What does Maslowism mean?
Maslowism means a model describing the main human physiological needs, including personal hygiene, dressing, feeding oneself, voluntary urinary and bowel control, ambulation, sleeping, copulation, homeostasis and shelter.
What part of speech is Maslowism?
Maslowism is a noun.

Words near Maslowism in the dictionary

  1. Maslovian
  2. maslovite
  3. Maslow
  4. Maslow's hammer
  5. Maslowian
  6. Maslowism
  7. Maslows
  8. Maslowski
  9. Maslowskis
  10. masman
  11. masmen

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