Synonyms of selfhood

selfhood

noun

ˈself-ˌhu̇d 

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• identity
• personality
• individuality
• individualism
• character
• self-identity
• distinctiveness
• uniqueness
• singularity
• separateness
• oneness
• idiosyncrasy
• peculiarity
• singleness
• nature
• temperament
• independence
• humor
• disposition
• temper

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• conformity
• conventionality

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of selfhood

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

Now, in an age when algorithms curate our feeds, deepfakes replicate faces and voices, and AI grows more fluent by the month, their central horror—the dissolution of selfhood into a networked intelligence—feels less like science fiction than our present reality. — Jp Mangalindan, Time, 5 Apr. 2026

Rather than treating happiness as a single emotional state, this approach understands it as emerging from multiple layers of selfhood. — Akhil Gupta, Forbes.com, 12 Mar. 2026