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SELFHOOD Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com Synonyms selfhood American [ self -h oo d] / ˈsɛlf hʊd / noun the state of being an individual person; individuality. one's personality. selfishness . selfhood British / ˈsɛlfhʊd / noun philosophy the state of having a distinct identity the individuality so possessed a person's character the quality of being egocentric "Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Etymology Origin of selfhood First recorded in 1640–50; self + -hood Example Sentences Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com. The neuroscientist Anil Seth says the brain is a “prediction machine,” and selfhood a useful hallucination. From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026 “Every time you do a practice like that, you’re literally opening up a new neuronal pattern in your brain that expands your selfhood, your ability and that wonderful word we use called ‘resilience.’” From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 20, 2025 In the face of so much frenzied curation and compulsory personal branding, how might a modern human maintain some iota of unshared selfhood, a soupçon of Greta Garbo mystique? From New York Times • Mar. 9, 2024 And if she did slip in that fraught moment, the whole edifice of her selfhood, her life’s grand project, might well collapse. From Slate • Feb. 10, 2024 We catch this young girl at the dawn of her selfhood. From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023 Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.