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noun
The fulfillment of one's own abilities or capacities; self-actualization.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The direct experience of being, in relation to one's inner nature as an unbounded creator of one's reality.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A realization about oneself.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
the fulfillment of your capacities
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: self-fulfillment, self-realisation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: fulfillment, fulfilment
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbh-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh1-der. Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh1ís Proto-Italic *reis Classical Latin rēs Proto-Indo-European *h2el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin reālisder. Old French reel French real Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izārebor. Old French -iser French -iser French réaliser Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ation Middle French -ation French -ation French réalisation English realization English self-realization From self- + realization.
