Examples of selfhood in a Sentence
he spent a year in a monastery determining the core of his selfhood
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The second is that chatbots, which mimic emotional intimacy and tend toward sycophancy, warp how children forge their selfhood and relationships.
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Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 23 Apr. 2026
Through every iteration of selfhood.
—Literary Hub, 7 Apr. 2026
Now, in an age when algorithms curate our feeds, deepfakes replicate faces and voices, and AI grows more fluent by the month, their central horror—the dissolution of selfhood into a networked intelligence—feels less like science fiction than our present reality.
—Jp Mangalindan, Time, 5 Apr. 2026
Reclaiming conversations on selfhood, bodies and power, with Birthright, a video piece written and directed by Jade O'Belle.
—Photovogue, Vogue, 11 Feb. 2026
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Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 23 Apr. 2026
Through every iteration of selfhood.
—Literary Hub, 7 Apr. 2026
Now, in an age when algorithms curate our feeds, deepfakes replicate faces and voices, and AI grows more fluent by the month, their central horror—the dissolution of selfhood into a networked intelligence—feels less like science fiction than our present reality.
—Jp Mangalindan, Time, 5 Apr. 2026
Reclaiming conversations on selfhood, bodies and power, with Birthright, a video piece written and directed by Jade O'Belle.
—Photovogue, Vogue, 11 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for selfhood
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“Selfhood.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/selfhood. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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selfhood
noun
self·hood
ˈself-ˌhu̇d 
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