self-reinvention
self-reinvention noun: the act of significantly changing one's own life.
Noun
self-reinvention (countable and uncountable, plural self-reinventions)
- The act of significantly changing one's own life.
- Ito continues his self-reinventions. Each time his turn seems suited to the moment ambivalently, equal parts progressive and defeated, and perhaps each time, but certainly this time, the fault rests not with him but the political moment.2016 November 22, William Harris, “The Many Self-Reinventions of Toyo Ito”, in 3:AM Magazine
- The new crop of anti-perfectionist self-help books are an important counterweight to the conventional message of self-reinvention, which is that there’s no point at which it makes sense to be satisfied with your situation and finally relax, since you could always benefit from acquiring more money...2019 December 1, Oliver Burkeman, “Want to transform your life? Stop chasing perfection”, in The Guardian
Forms of self-reinvention
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Origin of self-reinvention
From self- + reinvention.
Questions about self-reinvention
- What does self-reinvention mean?
- Self-reinvention means the act of significantly changing one's own life.
- What part of speech is self-reinvention?
- Self-reinvention is a noun.
- What is the plural of self-reinvention?
- The plural of self-reinvention is self-reinventions.
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