Personhood (Noun)
Meaning
Being a person; "finding her own personhood as a campus activist".
Classification
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.
Examples
- Through her volunteer work, she discovered a sense of personhood that she had been lacking in her corporate job.
- The feminist movement aimed to redefine personhood and challenge the patriarchal norms that had long oppressed women.
- As a child, she struggled to find her own personhood in the shadow of her overbearing parents.
- Finding her own personhood as a campus activist gave her the confidence to speak out against social injustices.
- The concept of personhood is central to the debate over reproductive rights and the moral status of the fetus.