self-transformation
noun
self-trans·for·ma·tion
ˌself-ˌtran(t)s-fər-ˈmā-shən 
-fȯr-
plural self-transformations
: the act, process, or result of transforming oneself
And then, like an epiphany, [Cindy] Fricke's self-acceptance sparked self-transformation. … Fricke lost 130 pounds in one year, while feeling "this time was different."—
Cate Jones
Cate JonesAhead is my step-by-step guide for going on your own journey of self-transformation, without the fear of having to shave your whole head after a slip of the scissors.—Maia Rabenold
Maia Rabenold
especially
: a transforming of one's own thoughts, actions, or behavior
spiritual self-transformation
My abiding faith in the possibility of self-transformation propelled me from one therapist to the next … —Daphne Merkin
Daphne Merkin
self-transformational
adjective
self-transformational experiences
self-transforming
adjective
… cosmetic surgery, fad diets and other self-transforming regimes …
—Alexander Fury
Alexander Fury
Examples of self-transformation in a Sentence
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The result is a comic parable about the possibilities, and the perils, of self-transformation.
—The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
The film follows a once-famous star of Georgian cinema, who — triggered by a casting session with a young female director — embarks on a bizarre and fatalistic odyssey of self-transformation.
—Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 19 Aug. 2024
In 2016, Pettitt published what turned out to be something between a guidebook to traditional womanhood and a memoir of self-transformation through faith.
—Sophie Elmhirst, The New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2024
No formal experiment was conducted to verify this, but the book applied this 21-day timeline to self-transformation in many other wide-ranging aspects of life.
—Jocelyn Solis-Moreira, Scientific American, 24 Jan. 2024
His climb was meant to crown a season of self-transformation.
—Tad Friend, The New Yorker, 4 Dec. 2023
The book is, in equal parts, a memoir, a design journal, a travel guide, a blueprint for starting one’s own business, and even a guide to adopting a spiritual practice, which became an integral—if unexpected—component of Martin’s own self-transformation and assimilation abroad.
—Laura Neilson, Vogue, 17 Oct. 2023
Shifting gears towards Speak Now (Taylor’s Version), ditches 1989‘s self-transformations and whirlwind romance snapshots for Speak Now‘s similar, much younger, navigations of early adulthood and all that entails.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 17 Mar. 2023
This is a hymn to restlessness and self-transformation.
—Michael Stillwell, Town & Country, 14 Mar. 2023
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The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
The film follows a once-famous star of Georgian cinema, who — triggered by a casting session with a young female director — embarks on a bizarre and fatalistic odyssey of self-transformation.
—Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 19 Aug. 2024
In 2016, Pettitt published what turned out to be something between a guidebook to traditional womanhood and a memoir of self-transformation through faith.
—Sophie Elmhirst, The New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2024
No formal experiment was conducted to verify this, but the book applied this 21-day timeline to self-transformation in many other wide-ranging aspects of life.
—Jocelyn Solis-Moreira, Scientific American, 24 Jan. 2024
His climb was meant to crown a season of self-transformation.
—Tad Friend, The New Yorker, 4 Dec. 2023
The book is, in equal parts, a memoir, a design journal, a travel guide, a blueprint for starting one’s own business, and even a guide to adopting a spiritual practice, which became an integral—if unexpected—component of Martin’s own self-transformation and assimilation abroad.
—Laura Neilson, Vogue, 17 Oct. 2023
Shifting gears towards Speak Now (Taylor’s Version), ditches 1989‘s self-transformations and whirlwind romance snapshots for Speak Now‘s similar, much younger, navigations of early adulthood and all that entails.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 17 Mar. 2023
This is a hymn to restlessness and self-transformation.
—Michael Stillwell, Town & Country, 14 Mar. 2023
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