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Selfhood in a sentence

Selfhood meaning

  1. State of having a distinct identity, or being an individual distinct from others; individuality.
  2. The fully developed self; one's personality, character.
  3. The quality of being self-centered or egocentric; selfishness.

Using Selfhood

  • The main meaning on this page is: State of having a distinct identity, or being an individual distinct from others; individuality. | The fully developed self; one's personality, character. | The quality of being self-centered or egocentric; selfishness.
  • In the example corpus, selfhood often appears in combinations such as: selfhood and, selfhood as, selfhood in.

Context around Selfhood

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 20 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 6 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

radical 1× ecology 1× own 1× thought 1× achieve 1× artistic 1×

Sentence patterns with Selfhood

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

confucian thought selfhood as creative 1× experience radical selfhood 1× god achieve selfhood in spite 1× her own selfhood as minimal 1× interiority and selfhood even as 1× narrative ecology selfhood and thinking 1× regaining her selfhood in a 1× s about selfhood and identity 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

but carlotta searches 1× confucian thought selfhood 1× fun sexy chic 1× harriet s only 1× his course narrative 1× his seminal work 1×

Common sentence endings:

as creative transformation 1× experience radical selfhood 1× friendship and solidarity 1× if not absent 1× if she succeeds 1× leadership diploma program 1×

Words around Selfhood

Just before it in the word index:

selfe 7 selfbolting 2 self 14.641 selezione 4 selex 3 seleucus 17

Just after it in the word index:

selfie 649 selfiee 5 selfies 361 selfietype 2 selfing 2 selfish 560

Similar in corpus frequency:

aargau 12 abacos 12 abboud 12 abdelkader 12 abdomens 12 abdou 12

Corpus analysis for Selfhood

  • In this selection, "selfhood" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 20 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, radical, ecology and own stand out and add context to how "selfhood" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include confucian thought selfhood as creative and experience radical selfhood. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "selfhood" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with selfhood

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Confucian Thought: Selfhood as Creative Transformation. (6 words)

It’s about selfhood and identity: Us versus Them. (9 words)

They contend that artistic selfhood and meaning are emergent, relatively objective phenomena. (12 words)

Longer example sentences

His seminal work The Courage to Be follows Kierkegaard's analysis of anxiety and life's absurdity, but puts forward the thesis that modern humans must, via God, achieve selfhood in spite of life's absurdity. (36 words)

But Carlotta searches for a way to keep her humanity intact at school and beyond, losing then regaining her selfhood in a coming of age leavened by humor, family, friendship, and solidarity. (32 words)

Harriet’s only hope is to hold on to her fierce sense of interiority and selfhood even as her teen years begin, but we never know if she succeeds. (29 words)

Example sentences (9)

Fun, sexy, chic, and unapologetically indulgent, an arena to own your desires, to experience radical selfhood.

His course, Narrative Ecology, Selfhood and Thinking, has been running for two years as part of the school's Climate Action Leadership Diploma program.

Our narrator views affection as zero-sum and her own selfhood as minimal, if not absent.

But Carlotta searches for a way to keep her humanity intact at school and beyond, losing then regaining her selfhood in a coming of age leavened by humor, family, friendship, and solidarity.

Harriet’s only hope is to hold on to her fierce sense of interiority and selfhood even as her teen years begin, but we never know if she succeeds.

It’s about selfhood and identity: Us versus Them.

Confucian Thought: Selfhood as Creative Transformation.

His seminal work The Courage to Be follows Kierkegaard's analysis of anxiety and life's absurdity, but puts forward the thesis that modern humans must, via God, achieve selfhood in spite of life's absurdity.

They contend that artistic selfhood and meaning are emergent, relatively objective phenomena.

Common combinations with selfhood

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "selfhood" in a sentence?
An example: "Fun, sexy, chic, and unapologetically indulgent, an arena to own your desires, to experience radical selfhood." This page contains 9 example sentences with the word "selfhood" from authentic English texts.
What does "selfhood" mean?
Selfhood means: State of having a distinct identity, or being an individual distinct from others; individuality.
How many example sentences with "selfhood" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 9 example sentences with "selfhood", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.