"selfhood" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: selfhoods [plural]
Etymology: From self + -hood. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|self|hood}} self + -hood Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} selfhood (usually uncountable, plural selfhoods)
  1. (philosophy, psychology) State of having a distinct identity, or being an individual distinct from others; individuality. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Philosophy, Psychology Translations (individuality): индивидуалност (individualnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), individualiteit (Dutch), minuus (Finnish), yksilöllisyys (Finnish), individualité [feminine] (French), ipséité [feminine] (French), Selbstsein [neuter] (German), себство (sebstvo) [neuter] (Macedonian), individualidade [feminine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-selfhood-en-noun-VlDdz3V6 Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, psychology, sciences Disambiguation of 'individuality': 90 3 6
  2. The fully developed self; one's personality, character. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (personality): личност (ličnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), persoonlijkheid (Dutch), persoonallisuus (Finnish), yksilöllisyys (Finnish), personnalité [feminine] (French), личност (ličnost) [feminine] (Macedonian)
    Sense id: en-selfhood-en-noun-x67vafOp Disambiguation of 'personality': 14 66 20
  3. The quality of being self-centered or egocentric; selfishness. Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-selfhood-en-noun-96uHIXK4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -hood Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 13 63 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -hood: 17 13 70
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: selfdom, sentient

Inflected forms

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