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 In contrast, Miller is interested in the body that wears the clothing, and how clothing is a way to define selfhood and the body. Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 4 May 2025 The sense of selfhood existing in mirrorlike closeup, is an inherently cinematic one, not a theatrical one, and Deneuve is the greatest exemplar of this French style. Richard Brody, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025 And that’s exactly what Self of Selves offers: an unguarded layering of thought, process, and selfhood. Okla Jones, Essence, 12 Apr. 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 See All Example Sentences for selfhood
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Noun
  • The Chilean-American actress and singer did not reveal the age of her child or the identity of the father.
    Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The episode made lots of people on Merseyside conclude FSG cared only about its asset, rather than the club’s place in the community that underpins their identity.
    Simon Hughes, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
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  • His work is recognized for rejecting straight lines in favor of rounded, continuous forms and for being approachable yet full of personality.
    Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Indeed, the personalities of Chesley’s siblings — her surviving twin sister Chatham, and twin boys Chance and Cheston, who all turned three on July 28 — have flourished.
    Jeff Truesdell, People.com, 9 Sep. 2025

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“Selfhood.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/selfhood. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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