English Explanatory Dictionary

I-hood

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The state of one's own self or identity; one's conscious personality.

Word forms

I-hood Ihood

Etymology

From I + -hood, chiefly a calque of German Ichheit (“selfhood”). Compare also Dutch ikheid (“individuality”).

Synonyms

I-ness I-ship
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