"self-reinvention" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: self-reinventions [plural]
Etymology: From self- + reinvention. Etymology templates: {{af|en|self-|reinvention}} self- + reinvention Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} self-reinvention (countable and uncountable, plural self-reinventions)
  1. The act of significantly changing one's own life. Tags: countable, uncountable

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