self-formationn.

Brit.

/ˌsɛl(f)fɔːˈmeɪʃn/,

/ˌsɛl(f)fəˈmeɪʃn/, U.S.

/ˌsɛl(f)fɔrˈmeɪʃən/,

/ˌsɛl(f)fərˈmeɪʃən/

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

Etymology: < self- prefix + formation n. Compare earlier self-formed adj.

The fact or process of something forming itself; the formation of a person, mind, personality, etc., independently, without external cause or influence; spec. self-development of the mind or character; (also) an instance of this.

ΘΚΠ

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

self-creation1659

self-formationa1713

self-fashioning1832

autofacture1868

a1713 Ld. Shaftesbury Characteristicks (1715) III. Misc. iii. i. 139 The natural Production, and Self-Formation of the Arts.

1837 C. Lofft (title) Self-formation; or, the history of an individual mind.

1880 M. S. Phelps tr. R. Eucken Fund. Concepts Mod. Philos. Thought 20 In thought-action we have, not a system of uniformly persistent forces but a becoming, and a self-formation in the act of becomings.

1942 Jrnl. Hist. Ideas 3 333 This mutability, taken as the power of self-formation, constitutes not man's weakness but his greatness.

2015 Res. Afr. Lit. 46 214 The African bildungsroman is..a reflection on the possibilities of self-formation.

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

单词	self-formation
释义	self-formationn. Brit. /ˌsɛl(f)fɔːˈmeɪʃn/, /ˌsɛl(f)fəˈmeɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌsɛl(f)fɔrˈmeɪʃən/, /ˌsɛl(f)fərˈmeɪʃən/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: self- prefix, formation n. Etymology: < self- prefix + formation n. Compare earlier self-formed adj. The fact or process of something forming itself; the formation of a person, mind, personality, etc., independently, without external cause or influence; spec. self-development of the mind or character; (also) an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > [noun] > self-creation self-creation1659 self-formationa1713 self-fashioning1832 autofacture1868 a1713 Ld. Shaftesbury Characteristicks (1715) III. Misc. iii. i. 139 The natural Production, and Self-Formation of the Arts. 1837 C. Lofft (title) Self-formation; or, the history of an individual mind. 1880 M. S. Phelps tr. R. Eucken Fund. Concepts Mod. Philos. Thought 20 In thought-action we have, not a system of uniformly persistent forces but a becoming, and a self-formation in the act of becomings. 1942 Jrnl. Hist. Ideas 3 333 This mutability, taken as the power of self-formation, constitutes not man's weakness but his greatness. 2015 Res. Afr. Lit. 46 214 The African bildungsroman is..a reflection on the possibilities of self-formation. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1713
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