Self-actualization need The need to use and display one’s full range of skills and competence; the fifth and highest level of needs in Maslow’s needs hierarchy.
Self-actualization or self-realization need Self-actualization or self-realization need is the need to get the maximum reward from one’s life experience: to maximize one’s skills, abilities, and potential.
Self-actualization Self-actualization- a person’s needs for growth, achieving one’s potential, and self-fulfillment; the drive to become what one is capable of becoming.