self-creationn.

Brit.

/ˌsɛlfkrɪˈeɪʃn/, U.S.

/ˌsɛlfkriˈeɪʃ(ə)n/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: self- prefix, creation n.

Etymology: < self- prefix + creation n. Compare earlier self-created adj., self-creating adj.

The action or an act of something bringing itself into existence. Also: the action or an act of a person bringing himself or herself (or some aspect of the self) into existence.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > [noun] > self-creation

self-creation1659

self-formationa1713

self-fashioning1832

autofacture1868

1659 W. Prynne Re-publicans 2 They had..usurped to themselves by a new Self-creation,..not only the name of the Parliament of England..but the Supream Authority of the Nation.

1747 J. Carteret State of Nation 1 I mean by the Nation those who take upon themselves to govern it, independent of the Legal Establishment, in Consequence of a Kind of Self-Creation..and constituted them a M——y.

1801 Monthly Visitor July 281 It is curious to see how both sexes appear to amuse themselves in this self-creation, by usurping as much as possible the prerogative of Tiresias.

1862 H. Spencer First Princ. i. ii. §11. 32 The hypothesis of self-creation, which practically amounts to what is called Pantheism.

1898 J. R. Illingworth Divine Immanence i. 7 This capacity of self-determination, and therefore of self-creation.

1906 Sunday School Jrnl. May 335/1 Self-culture is really self-creation. God did not make us perfect; he made us capable of being perfected.

1973 G. Duncan Marx & Mill (1977) ii. 55 History was the record of man's as yet unfinished self-creation.

2008 Z. Smith in New Yorker 22 Dec. 85/1 It turns out that becoming a comedian is an act of instantaneous self-creation.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	self-creation
释义	self-creationn. Brit. /ˌsɛlfkrɪˈeɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌsɛlfkriˈeɪʃ(ə)n/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: self- prefix, creation n. Etymology: < self- prefix + creation n. Compare earlier self-created adj., self-creating adj. The action or an act of something bringing itself into existence. Also: the action or an act of a person bringing himself or herself (or some aspect of the self) into existence. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > [noun] > self-creation self-creation1659 self-formationa1713 self-fashioning1832 autofacture1868 1659 W. Prynne Re-publicans 2 They had..usurped to themselves by a new Self-creation,..not only the name of the Parliament of England..but the Supream Authority of the Nation. 1747 J. Carteret State of Nation 1 I mean by the Nation those who take upon themselves to govern it, independent of the Legal Establishment, in Consequence of a Kind of Self-Creation..and constituted them a M——y. 1801 Monthly Visitor July 281 It is curious to see how both sexes appear to amuse themselves in this self-creation, by usurping as much as possible the prerogative of Tiresias. 1862 H. Spencer First Princ. i. ii. §11. 32 The hypothesis of self-creation, which practically amounts to what is called Pantheism. 1898 J. R. Illingworth Divine Immanence i. 7 This capacity of self-determination, and therefore of self-creation. 1906 Sunday School Jrnl. May 335/1 Self-culture is really self-creation. God did not make us perfect; he made us capable of being perfected. 1973 G. Duncan Marx & Mill (1977) ii. 55 History was the record of man's as yet unfinished self-creation. 2008 Z. Smith in New Yorker 22 Dec. 85/1 It turns out that becoming a comedian is an act of instantaneous self-creation. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1659
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