PERSONHOOD

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Being a person

Example:

finding her own personhood as a campus activist

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

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)

Credits