Selving

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The formation or modification of one's identity. uncountable

    "The selving process is one that cannot be reduced to origins or to a repetition of antecedent/repressed conditions."

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"The selving process is one that cannot be reduced to origins or to a repetition of antecedent/repressed conditions."

Etymology

From self + -ing.

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