as in identity
the set of qualities that make a person different from other people
he spent a year in a monastery determining the core of his selfhood
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Recent Examples of selfhood
And that’s exactly what Self of Selves offers: an unguarded layering of thought, process, and selfhood.
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Okla Jones, Essence, 12 Apr. 2025
These articles and practices align with Self’s idea of collage as representative of selfhood and that humans exist in multiple dimensions.
—Essence, 25 Mar. 2025
Whether explicit or implicit, each vignette is a lesson learned, and those experiences accumulate into new iterations of selfhood as the story progresses.
—Willing Davidson, The New Yorker, 23 Mar. 2025
What Universal Language seems to suggest is less that Massoud stole Matthew’s selfhood, though, and more that Matthew let that person slip away.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 15 Feb. 2025
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Okla Jones, Essence, 12 Apr. 2025
These articles and practices align with Self’s idea of collage as representative of selfhood and that humans exist in multiple dimensions.
—Essence, 25 Mar. 2025
Whether explicit or implicit, each vignette is a lesson learned, and those experiences accumulate into new iterations of selfhood as the story progresses.
—Willing Davidson, The New Yorker, 23 Mar. 2025
What Universal Language seems to suggest is less that Massoud stole Matthew’s selfhood, though, and more that Matthew let that person slip away.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 15 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for selfhood
Recent Examples of Synonyms for selfhood
Noun
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Because of blood revenge, there were not many men left, so then a girl was chosen to carry on a male identity.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Aug. 2025
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All different types of people, including people like me, who were struggling with their identity.—
Peter White,
Deadline,
6 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Their relationships and personalities come through on-screen.—
Scott Greenstone,
NPR,
7 Aug. 2025
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Do all managers lead the same way—or is your culture dependent on personality?—
Leyda Lazo,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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“Selfhood.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/selfhood. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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