self-realization
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From self- + realization.
Noun
[edit]self-realization (countable and uncountable, plural self-realizations)
- The fulfillment of one's own abilities or capacities; self-actualization.
- The direct experience of being, in relation to one's inner nature as an unbounded creator of one's reality.
- A realization about oneself.
- 1934, comment by Abdullah Yusuf Ali on Sura 38 verse 24 of the Qur'an
- Judged by the highest standard of those nearest to God, the thought of self-pride and self-righteousness had to be washed off from him [King David] by his own act of self-realisation and repentance.
- 1934, comment by Abdullah Yusuf Ali on Sura 38 verse 24 of the Qur'an