SINCE 1828
self-formation
noun
self-for·ma·tion
| \ ˌself-fȯr-ˈmā-shən
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Definition of self-formation
: the act or process of forming or developing oneself or itself
… discussing how, during this vulnerable time of self-formation and raging emotions, teenagers actually have no idea how to read social cues.— Katy Waldman
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