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
These articles and practices align with Self’s idea of collage as representative of selfhood and that humans exist in multiple dimensions.
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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
In came exultations of subjectivity and selfhood—the stuff of life that cannot be boiled down to facts and scientific data.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 5 Feb. 2025
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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
In came exultations of subjectivity and selfhood—the stuff of life that cannot be boiled down to facts and scientific data.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 5 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for selfhood
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Young creatives between the ages of 14 and 30, from all backgrounds and identities, are encouraged to present original works that reflect on environmental and social challenges facing the planet.—
PhotoVogue,
Vogue,
21 June 2025
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Conservative play became the club’s identity, which clashed with its original ethos.—
Felipe Cardenas,
New York Times,
21 June 2025
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This is the first time in his pro career that his offensive output matches his personality: Quiet.—
Mac Engel,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 June 2025
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That has included writers like Matt Yglesias, TV personalities, like Terry Moran and Katie Couric, and authors like James Patterson, with many prioritizing video.—
Alex Weprin,
HollywoodReporter,
20 June 2025
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“Selfhood.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/selfhood. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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