self-discovery

noun

self-dis·​cov·​ery ˌself-di-ˈskə-v(ə-)rē 

: the act or process of achieving self-knowledge

Examples of self-discovery in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

For decades, traditional sources of authority have competed with forms of spirituality based on personal experience, self-discovery and well-being. — Morgan Shipley, The Conversation, 21 Sep. 2026

The degree will become ever more a goal and less a process of self-discovery. — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2026

Istituto Marangoni Shanghai has used its 2026 graduate show to not only explore self-discovery, but road-test the future of experimental retail. — Denni Hu, Footwear News, 16 Sep. 2026

An extremely unattractive teenage girl who resembled a forty-year-old matron in a women’s prison rather than a young woman fresh on the road to self-discovery approached me. — Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1642, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for self-discovery

• recovery
• rediscovery