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PERSONHOOD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does personhood mean?
• PERSONHOOD (noun)
The noun PERSONHOOD has 1 sense:
1. being a person
Familiarity information: PERSONHOOD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Being a person
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Context example:
finding her own personhood as a campus activist
Hypernyms ("personhood" is a kind of...):
identity; individuality; personal identity (the distinct personality of an individual regarded as a persisting entity)
Derivation:
person (a human being)
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