Examples of selfhood in a Sentence
he spent a year in a monastery determining the core of his selfhood
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In their world, which is also ours, selfhood has degraded into taste, preferences, demography, and outlays of attention and money.
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Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
Within the mud, squalor and sickness of the contraband camps, so too came the casting away of the former body and an emergence of a fuller kind of selfhood.
—Literary Hub, 17 Oct. 2025
Whether your child is looking to invest in sustainability or clothing items from yesteryear, brands are answering the call with products that cater to a growing desire for selfhood and identity.
—Kristin Braswell, USA Today, 30 Aug. 2025
Concepts like zero, karma, ahimsa, non-duality, and moksha shaped not just her identity but how the world understands selfhood, suffering, time, and truth.
—Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
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Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
Within the mud, squalor and sickness of the contraband camps, so too came the casting away of the former body and an emergence of a fuller kind of selfhood.
—Literary Hub, 17 Oct. 2025
Whether your child is looking to invest in sustainability or clothing items from yesteryear, brands are answering the call with products that cater to a growing desire for selfhood and identity.
—Kristin Braswell, USA Today, 30 Aug. 2025
Concepts like zero, karma, ahimsa, non-duality, and moksha shaped not just her identity but how the world understands selfhood, suffering, time, and truth.
—Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for selfhood
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“Selfhood.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/selfhood. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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selfhood
noun
self·hood
ˈself-ˌhu̇d 
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