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self-actualisation

self-actualisation is the alternative spelling of self-actualization.

Meaning of self-actualization

Noun

self-actualization (usually uncountable, plural self-actualizations)

  1. (usually) Psychological development that can be achieved when all basic and mental needs are fulfilled.
    • 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

Origin of self-actualisation

From self- + actualisation.

Questions about self-actualisation

What is self-actualisation the alternative spelling of?
Self-actualisation is the alternative spelling of self-actualization.

Words near self-actualisation in the dictionary

  1. self-acknowledgedly
  2. self-acting
  3. self-action
  4. self-activity
  5. self-actor
  6. self-actualisation
  7. self-actualise
  8. self-actualised
  9. self-actualises
  10. self-actualising
  11. self-actualization

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