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hierarchy of needs  

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  • a theory of motivation that suggests a person will satisfy lower-level needs before attempting to satisfy higher-level needs; in sequential stages, a person will satisfy his or her physiological needs first, and then, in order, his or her safety needs, love and belongingness needs, esteem needs, and, finally, self-actualization (self-fulfillment) needs. A theory of psychologist Abraham Maslow.. [Source: Dictionary of Marketing Communications; Hierarchy of Needs]

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