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individuation

[ in-duh-vij-oo-ey-shuhn ]
/ ˌɪn dəˌvɪdʒ uˈeɪ ʃən /
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noun
the act of individuating.
state of being individuated; individual existence; individuality.
Philosophy. the determination or contraction of a general nature to an individual mode of existence; development of the individual from the general.
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Origin of individuation

First recorded in 1620–30; individuate + -ion

OTHER WORDS FROM individuation

de·in·di·vid·u·a·tion, noun
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British Dictionary definitions for individuation

individuation
/ (ˌɪndɪˌvɪdjʊˈeɪʃən) /

noun
the act or process of individuating
(in the psychology of Jung) the process by which the wholeness of the individual is established through the integration of consciousness and the collective unconscious
zoology the development of separate but mutually interdependent units, as in the development of zooids forming a colony
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