creation
noun
the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
self-creation
-
a word derived from
creation.
Example Sentences
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In “Sly,” the director Thom Zimny excavates the acts of self-creation behind a career that minted two indelible titular characters in “Rocky” and “Rambo” — whose underdog narratives proved highly influential.
From New York Times ● Nov. 2, 2023
The strands of Talley’s singular life story were in constant tension between self-creation and self-preservation, between achieving his wildest fantasies and soldiering through his enduring struggles.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 11, 2023
Like all the other faux Joe Strummers in town, Jack hopes to act the part of an insurrectionist at a time and place when self-creation on $5 a week feels achievable.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 1, 2022
To put this in the terms of the American neoliberals Foucault was reading at the time, the "entrepreneur of the self" was willing to put their very identity at risk in the act of self-creation.
From Salon ● Mar. 13, 2021
The idea at the root of this is that of self-creation or self-existence, as in the usual Egyptian phrase, "bull of his mother."
From Egyptian Tales, Translated from the Papyri Second series, XVIIIth to XIXth dynasty by Sir W. M. Flinders (William Matthew Flinders) Petrie
