selfhood

selfhood

noun

Definition of SELFHOOD

the set of qualities that make a person different from other people <he spent a year in a monastery determining the core of his selfhood>

Synonyms character, identity, individualism, personality, selfhood, self-identity

Related Words distinctiveness, idiosyncrasy, oneness, peculiarity, separateness, singleness, singularity, uniqueness; disposition, humor, nature, temper, temperament; independence

Near Antonyms conformity, conventionality