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self-discovery

self-discovery noun: the action or process of achieving self-knowledge.

Noun

self-discovery (uncountable)

  1. The action or process of achieving self-knowledge.
    • The X-Men films have made an explicit connection between the mutants’ powers and pubescent self-discovery, but perhaps it’s necessary to address the last few movies’ psychosexual subtext.2016 May 23, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, “Apocalypse pits the strengths of the X-Men series against the weaknesses”, in The Onion AV Club

Origin of self-discovery

From self- + discovery.

Questions about self-discovery

What does self-discovery mean?
Self-discovery means the action or process of achieving self-knowledge.
What part of speech is self-discovery?
Self-discovery is a noun.

Words near self-discovery in the dictionary

  1. self-discharging
  2. self-discipline
  3. self-disciplined
  4. self-disclosure
  5. self-disclosures
  6. self-discovery
  7. self-discrepancies
  8. self-discrepancy
  9. self-discrimination
  10. self-disgust
  11. self-disgustedly

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