self-differentiation
noun[U]
uk/ˌself.dɪf.ə.ren.ʃiˈeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌself.dɪf.ə.ren.ʃiˈeɪ.ʃən/theabilitytorecognizeyourself asseparateand different fromothers:
Theauthorlinksthisshiftto thegrowingself-differentiation of themiddleclasses.
ThewearingofEuropeandressaffirmedthecolonists'desirefor self-differentiation.
- The novel'scharactersstrugglefor self-differentiationevenas theyhopetolosethemselves inothers.
- Self-differentiation, theabilitytomanageone’sindividualityandconnectionswithothers,appearedtocontributetopersonalgrowth.
- Development is a self-differentiation, abringingof itself intorealbeing.
Comparing and contrasting
- analogy
- antithesis
- apple
- as againstidiom
- balance
- balancesomethingagainstsomething
- comparative
- competitive
- competitively
- contradistinction
- contrast
- contrastive
- gold standard
- measure
- nonrelative
- perspective
- relative
- relatively
- relativist
- stack up