selfness
- noun
- /ˈsɛlfnəs/
- He embraced his selfness, choosing to express his identity without fear of judgment.
There's Eigenheit, its own particularity, its own, you know, selfness, its own coming from itself.
- There's Eigenheit, its own particularity, its own, you know, selfness, its own coming from itself.
Examples
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Such that one is like a glacial striation on bedrock—a pattern of selfness and crystal.
Blog text (24) -
SELFNESS: What gives them unity or responsibility?
Academic text (1993) -
There's Eigenheit, its own particularity, its own, you know, selfness, its own coming from itself.
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Her selfness shines through in everything she does, making her truly one of a kind.
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The artist's work reflects a deep sense of selfness, capturing her unique perspective on life.
Synonyms
The qualities that show who a person or group is
Qualities that make someone or something different from others
Being the only one of its kind
Being an individual with identity and legal rights
A feeling that someone or something is different and important
A quality that makes someone or something stand out from others
The set of things that make a person different and stay the same over time
Being a person with your own thoughts, feelings, and a sense of who you are
The fact that two things are not the same
A quality that makes a person or thing clearly different from all others
The quality that makes something different from all others
Being the only one of its kind
The quality of showing what something is like and making it easy to recognize
How Individual
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Selfness comes from the simple word self meaning 'oneself' and the ending -ness that makes a noun for a 'state' or 'quality', as in kindness or happiness. So selfness is the quality of being yourself, your individual identity.