self-expression
noun
the expression or assertion of one's own personality, as in conversation, behavior, poetry, or painting.
self-expressive
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a word derived from
self-expression.
Example Sentences
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Argentina’s Diego Maradona, the wildest and most self-expressive of the great soccer players, was an athlete who lived like a rock star.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026
When vanity is the catch-all accusation in her circle for the blasphemy of pleasure, what’s a naturally self-expressive person to do?
From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2023
Buttigieg seems to embody a vision of the meritocrat as influencer, giving Clinton-era ideals a contemporary, self-expressive twist.
From The New Yorker ● May 2, 2019
This was at a time when New York’s nightclubs, especially its after-hours clubs, were filled with every variety of self-expressive freak.
From New York Times ● Aug. 15, 2014
It makes it a more important one, much more important: it makes it a type case with the exceptional quality of being self-expressive.
From Secret Places of the Heart by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
