self-differentiation
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Definition of self-differentiation
: an act or instance of differentiating the self : a setting apart of oneself as distinct from others (such as one's family or classmates) In this new biography, he sets out to persuade us that Cézanne embarked as a young man on a project of self-definition and self-differentiation.— Frances Spalding
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intransitive verb
self-differentiated;
self-differentiating;
self-differentiates
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self-differentiation
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Medical Definition of self-differentiation
: differentiation of a structure or tissue due to factors existent in itself and essentially independent of other parts of the developing organism
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