self-invention
- a word derived from invention.
Example Sentences
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A pair of highly contrasting novels brilliantly explore the lures and limits of self-invention.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025
These are the tools of culinary self-invention, abandoned but never entirely forgotten.
From Salon • Aug. 19, 2025
While al-Fayed was known for self-invention, exaggeration, and boasting, he was also a central figure in key moments in Britain's recent history.
From Reuters • Sep. 1, 2023
That quality, even more than his satirical flair or the buoyant elegance of his prose, marks his greatest feat of self-invention.
From New York Times • May 22, 2023
“I’d bet the moon itself he’s all right. That Faucet fellow has a knack for survival, and self-invention, too.”
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
