self-creation
noun
self-cre·a·tion
ˌself-krē-ˈā-shən 
plural self-creations
: the development or formation of one's identity or conception of oneself : self-invention
Adolescence is a time of self-creation for many people.
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Mason isn’t the first to figure the white-collar business as a site of feminine self-creation.
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Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
Her discovery, her self-creation, her passion, and emergence as an artist felt braided with what had originally fascinated me about paint-making.
—Literary Hub, 6 Oct. 2025
His explosive scoring ability and elite self-creation skills have been made apparent throughout his career thus far.
—Mikai Bruce, Forbes.com, 4 Sep. 2025
My hypothesis is that the flame is consciousness and autopoiesis, or self-creation.
—Eliza Strickland, IEEE Spectrum, 24 June 2025
Improving offense Playing alongside Trae Young has allowed the three-year man to focus on more opportunistic offensive basketball, minimizing any need of self-creation.
—Morten Stig Jensen, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
Biden should recognize Palestine the same way President Harry Truman recognized the state of Israel in 1948, just 11 minutes after the nation’s self-creation: with a stroke of the pen.
—Jonah Blank, Foreign Affairs, 27 Nov. 2024
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Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
Her discovery, her self-creation, her passion, and emergence as an artist felt braided with what had originally fascinated me about paint-making.
—Literary Hub, 6 Oct. 2025
His explosive scoring ability and elite self-creation skills have been made apparent throughout his career thus far.
—Mikai Bruce, Forbes.com, 4 Sep. 2025
My hypothesis is that the flame is consciousness and autopoiesis, or self-creation.
—Eliza Strickland, IEEE Spectrum, 24 June 2025
Improving offense Playing alongside Trae Young has allowed the three-year man to focus on more opportunistic offensive basketball, minimizing any need of self-creation.
—Morten Stig Jensen, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
Biden should recognize Palestine the same way President Harry Truman recognized the state of Israel in 1948, just 11 minutes after the nation’s self-creation: with a stroke of the pen.
—Jonah Blank, Foreign Affairs, 27 Nov. 2024
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“Self-creation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/self-creation. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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