Meanings
nounself-fulfillment (countable and uncountable, plural self-fulfillments)
plural self-fulfillments
- countableuncountablePersonal fulfillment or satisfaction.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe fulfillment of your capacities
Broader
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*swé?
- Proto-Indo-European*selbʰ-
- Proto-Germanic*selbaz
- Old Englishself
- Old Englishself-
- Middle Englishself-
- Englishself-
- Englishfulfillment
- Englishself-fulfillment
From self- + fulfillment.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Czech sebenaplnění
- sebenaplněnípersonal fulfillment
Irish féin-chomhlíonadh
- féin-chomhlíonadhpersonal fulfillment
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self-fulfillment. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-fulfillment
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“self-fulfillment.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-fulfillment. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “self-fulfillment,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-fulfillment.
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