self-expression
[self-ik-spresh-uh n, self-]
- the expression or assertion of one's own personality, as in conversation, behavior, poetry, or painting.
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Origin of self-expression
First recorded in 1890–95
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Contemporary Examples
With its emphasis on self-expression and three-dimensional adolescents, Awkward.
At a time when personal freedom and self-expression swept the country, Rüdiger pressed for more independence.
The Arab Spring empowered the common people and created an opportunity for self-expression of groups and communities.
Classicist James Romm writes that we have replaced head-to-head competition with collaboration and self-expression.
Another theme that I thought was so powerful was the importance of self-expression and the pain of being denied a voice.
Historical Examples
The northern Europeans have hardly yet attained to self-expression.
The Legacy of GreeceVarious
It is without the spiritual means of self-expression and self-fulfillment.
The Ghost in the White HouseGerald Stanley Lee
Every man who has a grievance is fiercely impelled to self-expression.
By the Christmas FireSamuel McChord Crothers
The life of many-sided growth is also a life of self-expression.
What Is and What Might BeEdmond Holmes
His business is his medium of self-expression; his success is the realization of his ideal.
The Gate of AppreciationCarleton Noyes
self-expression
- the expression of one's own personality, feelings, etc, as in painting, poetry, or other creative activity
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