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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
The fulfillment of one's own abilities or capacities; self-actualization..
We must, as a movement, address the needs of our Gay/Lesbian youth whose experience of puberty, instead of providing a joyous self-realization and affirmational discovery, plunges them into a snake pit of self-loathing.
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.
Use self-realization when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Self-realization means The fulfillment of one's own abilities or capacities; self-actualization..
Common synonyms include self-fulfillment, self-realisation.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
We must, as a movement, address the needs of our Gay/Lesbian youth whose experience of puberty, instead of providing a joyous self-realization and affirmational discovery, plunges them into a snake pit of self-loathing.
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