Examples of selfhood in a Sentence
he spent a year in a monastery determining the core of his selfhood
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Being assembled and claimed by kindergartner Bonnie transforms an initially reluctant Forky from trash to toy in Toy Story 4, but becoming discarded and ownerless doesn’t rob lost toys of their selfhood.
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Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
18 June 2026
Somewhere Good is a suspension of those ideas, neither insular nor showy, an exertion of quiet selfhood.
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Daniel Bromfield,
Pitchfork,
5 June 2026
The second is that chatbots, which mimic emotional intimacy and tend toward sycophancy, warp how children forge their selfhood and relationships.
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Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
23 Apr. 2026
Through every iteration of selfhood.
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Literary Hub,
7 Apr. 2026
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Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
18 June 2026
Somewhere Good is a suspension of those ideas, neither insular nor showy, an exertion of quiet selfhood.
—
Daniel Bromfield,
Pitchfork,
5 June 2026
The second is that chatbots, which mimic emotional intimacy and tend toward sycophancy, warp how children forge their selfhood and relationships.
—
Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
23 Apr. 2026
Through every iteration of selfhood.
—
Literary Hub,
7 Apr. 2026
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“Selfhood.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/selfhood. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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selfhood
noun
self·hood
ˈself-ˌhu̇d 
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