personhood [pur-suh n-hoo d] ExamplesWord Origin noun
- the state or fact of being a person.
- the state or fact of being an individual or having human characteristics and feelings: a harsh prison system that deprives prisoners of their personhood.
Origin of personhood First recorded in 1955–60; person + -hood Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for personhood Contemporary Examples of personhood
Paid sick leave, personhood, you name it, all of them went in the progressive direction, most of them by overwhelmingly margins.
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By a margin of 63 percent to 37 percent, Colorado voters rejected the “personhood” measure.
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November 6, 2014
In Colorado, voters will decide whether to support a controversial “personhood” amendment to the state constitution.
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He believes brain chemistry undermines his sense of free will and personhood and that psychology explains away love and altruism.
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August 3, 2014
Charles Siebert, The New York Times Magazine Steven Wise is arguing for the legal “personhood” of chimps and other animals.
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Historical Examples of personhood
Does the nurse seek enhancement of personhood in the nursing situation?
Anne Boykin
In Chapter 1, personhood was described as a process of living grounded in caring.
Anne Boykin
This process requires that students be encouraged to live fully their personhood.
Anne Boykin
Personhood is being authentic, being who I am as caring person in the moment.
Anne Boykin
As a process, personhood acknowledges the person as having continuous potential for further tapping the current of caring.
Anne Boykin
British Dictionary definitions for personhood personhood noun
- mainly US the condition of being a person who is an individual with inalienable rights, esp under the 14th Amendment of the Constitution of the United States
Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Word Origin and History for personhood n.
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