I-hood
I-hood noun: the state of one's own self or identity; one's conscious personality.
Noun
I-hood (uncountable)
- The state of one's own self or identity; one's conscious personality.
- Our Humane Will dyed away in the Death of Christ from its own I-hood, and own Willing.1653, J. Sparrow tr. J. Boehme, Considerations upon Esaiah Stiefel
- The Man Christ is..the First who in the Anointing dyed to the Humane I-hood.1662, J. Sparrow tr. J. Boehme, Apol. Perfection in Remainder Bks.
Examples of I-hood in a sentence
- He has no autarkia, or self-sufficingness—no ichheit, or I-hood, as the Germans would say.1871, H. Macmillan, True Vine (1872) iii.:
- The voice, as pure, lyric, unselfconscious I-hood spilling or erupting into the world, suddenly becomes part of that world and recoils upon its originator.2000, S. Connor, Dumbstruck:
- Hence, in that respect Henrich's theory of more modest I-hood is definitely an improvement.2010, Cia Van Woezik, God - Beyond Me:
Synonyms of I-hood
Forms of I-hood
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Origin of I-hood
From I + -hood, chiefly a calque of German Ichheit (“selfhood”). Compare also Dutch ikheid (“individuality”).
Questions about I-hood
- What does I-hood mean?
- I-hood means the state of one's own self or identity; one's conscious personality.
- How do you use I-hood in a sentence?
- He has no autarkia, or self-sufficingness—no ichheit, or I-hood, as the Germans would say.
- What part of speech is I-hood?
- I-hood is a noun.
Words near I-hood in the dictionary
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