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self⋅hood

  [self-hood]
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–noun
1. the state of being an individual person; individuality.
2. one's personality.
3. selfishness.
Origin:
1640–50; self + -hood
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self·hood   (sělf'hŏŏd')   
n.  

  1. The state of having a distinct identity; individuality.

  2. The fully developed self; an achieved personality.

  3. Self-centeredness: "the cult of selfhood that became fashionable in the 1960s" (David Rankin).


[Translation of German Meinheit : mein, my, mine + -heit, n. suff.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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