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Selfhood vs Personhood - What's the difference?

selfhood | personhood |

As nouns the difference between selfhood and personhood

is that selfhood is (philosophy|psychology) state of having a distinct identity, or being an individual distinct from others; individuality while personhood is the state or period of being a person.

selfhood

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (philosophy, psychology) State of having a distinct identity, or being an individual distinct from others; individuality.
  • The fully developed self; one's personality, character.
  • * 2002 , Amila Buturovi?, Stone speaker: medieval tombs, landscape, and Bosnian identity in the poetry of Mak Dizdar :
    • Indeed, while geography is neither a key dimension of identity nor its determinant, it is one of the most important categories through which nationhood can be explored and articulated. It both grounds a sense of national selfhood and gives it a framework through which a continuous shaping of identity can "take place."
  • The quality of being self-centered or egocentric; selfishness.

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    personhood

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The state or period of being a person.
  • *
    • [Animals] are conscious; they are subjectively aware; they have interests; they can suffer. No characteristic other than sentience is required for personhood .
  • * 2014 , Christopher Watts, Relational Archaeologies: Humans, Animals, Things (page 101)
    • These examples reveal that the shared personhood of hunters and prey was mutually comprehensible, such that hunters could see the animalness of themselves and the humanness of prey, and prey could see the humanness of themselves