单词 | self-actualizing |
释义 | self-actualizingn. Now chiefly Psychology. The action or an act of realizing or fulfilling one's true nature or ideal self; the process or fact of self-actualization. ΚΠ 1875 tr. F. Hoffmann in Jrnl. Speculative Philos. Apr. 107 The lapse of God Himself..; or, more definitely, the lapse of His self-actualizing, of His immanent Position, from the unity, from the centre of God. 1909 H. Bavinck Philos. Revelation i. 9 On the contrary, he [sc. Aristotle] derived his theory of becoming from the facts of organic life, seeing in it a self-actualizing of the essential being in the phenomena, of the form in the matter. 1959 H. B. Anderson Creativity xv. 242 To do this much would..appear to be a step toward self-actualizing. 2013 J. Cox Nail it Today with Both Hands xiv. 170 Self-actualizing includes the willingness to participate in and support the self-actualizing of others. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). self-actualizingadj. Now chiefly Psychology. That realizes or fulfils his, her, or its true nature or ideal self; characterized by or involving self-actualization. ΚΠ 1856 J. H. Seelye tr. A. Schwegler Hist. Philos. in Epitome xvi. 131 An originally active intelligence, which exists as self-actualizing possibility [Ger. sich selbst verwirklichende Möglichkeit] and pure actuality. 1874 W. Wallace tr. G. W. F. Hegel Logic §20. 30 Thought may be called a self-actualising [Ger. sich bethätigende] universal. 1943 A. M. Farrer Finite & Infinite xi. 119 Will is the self-actualising potency of (the process of) a project. 1972 Occup. Health Nursing Dec. 10/2 The true self-actualizing person..follows his craft wherever it leads him despite persecution or unpopularity. 2003 Vanity Fair Sept. 216/1 Everybody knows that the Ronsons are Manhattan's most aggressively self-actualizing family. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1875adj.1856 |
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