Selfhood Definition

sĕlfho͝od
noun
All the things that make one what one is; personality or individuality.
Webster's New World
The state of having a distinct identity; individuality.
American Heritage Medicine
The fully developed self; an achieved personality.
American Heritage Medicine
The condition of being self-centered; selfishness.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Selfhood

Noun

Singular:
selfhood
Plural:
selfhoods

Origin of Selfhood

  • Translation of German Meinheit mein my, mine -heit n. suff

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From self +"Ž -hood.

    From Wiktionary

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