self-expression
noun
self-ex·pres·sion
ˌself-ik-ˈspre-shən 
: the expression of one's own personality : assertion of one's individual traits
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Posen said at the heart of the campaign is the idea of connection — between generations, between personal history and self-expression.
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Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2025
How has hair shaped your self-expression and representation as a Black woman?
—Shelby Stewart, Essence, 29 Sep. 2025
Politics is not about self-expression—there’s room for that.
—David Remnick, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
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Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2025
How has hair shaped your self-expression and representation as a Black woman?
—Shelby Stewart, Essence, 29 Sep. 2025
Politics is not about self-expression—there’s room for that.
—David Remnick, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
Floyd-Pruitt likened the concept of self-expression through puppetry to incarcerated individuals performing theater to process emotions in a 2024 interview with Harvard Magazine.
—Angelika Ytuarte, jsonline.com, 24 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for self-expression
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“Self-expression.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/self-expression. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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