selfdom

[self-duhm]

noun

1. the realm of the self.

2. the state of being an individual; individuality; selfhood.

Word History and Origins

Origin of selfdom¹

First recorded in 1845–50; self- ( def. ) + -dom ( def. )

Example Sentences

Their right to selfdom is denied, and the distance between us – what the art critic John Berger called “the narrow abyss of miscomprehension” – increases.

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Ruth managed to dominate both disciplines for the Boston Red Sox in 1918 and 1919 before his fateful move on to the New York Yankees, where he became the Sultan of Swat and selfdom pitched.

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His reflex in a crisis moment wasn’t to help but to continue his march along the road to selfdom.

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Brain-manipulating technologies such as tDCS might conceivably allow users to rewire the neural machinery that underlies critical aspects of an individual's cognitive experience and selfdom.

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The noble monuments of feudal times create no desire to return to the days of selfdom.

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