plural self-differentiations
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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The first known use of self-differentiation was in 1872
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