selfhood

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.

By 1947, Malik and Cassin were not the only 20th-century philosophers and theologians who, in the wake of historical catastrophes, sought to rebuild selfhood, dignity and rights on religious foundations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 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

Song, on the other hand, finds that the term “identity” carries an objectifying connotation, as it fails to fully describe a person’s layered selfhood.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2023

We catch this young girl at the dawn of her selfhood.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan