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selfhood

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of selfhood

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 of selfhood

character, identity, individualism, individuality, personality, self-identity
Words Related to selfhood

distinctiveness, idiosyncrasy, oneness, peculiarity, separateness, singleness, singularity, uniqueness

disposition, humor, nature, temper, temperament

independence
Near Antonyms of selfhood

conformity, conventionality

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