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What does selfhood mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word selfhood? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. (philosophy) 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.
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I assume that she is invoking the liberal, atomistic concept of selfhood which posits a self prior to social relations.
Identity in these contemporary worlds, writes Bean and Moni, is constructed through the consumption of goods with selfhood vested in things.
Through his constant narrativizing, Ambrose constructs a portrait of himself as a fiction and his narratives constitute his selfhood.
The book's exultation of romantic selfhood and all-consuming passion was another source of worry for Victorian critics.
It's like a hothouse, in whose controlled climate people can develop their selfhood to the full.
In the process of unpicking his feelings about the issue, he has extrapolated a model of the relationship between created work and selfhood.

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