Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

i-hood

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.21 in modern English

Syllables: i--hood
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

3

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The state of one's own self or identity; one's conscious personality.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Our Humane Will dyed away in the Death of Christ from its own I-hood, and own Willing."
"The Man Christ is..the First who in the Anointing dyed to the Humane I-hood."
"He inclineth himself to my Minehood, and my Ihood inclineth it self up into him."
"He has no autarkia, or self-sufficingness—no ichheit, or I-hood, as the Germans would say."
"The voice, as pure, lyric, unselfconscious I-hood spilling or erupting into the world, suddenly becomes part of that world and recoils upon its originator."
"Hence, in that respect Henrich's theory of more modest I-hood is definitely an improvement. I heartily support Henrich's attempts to bring the I 'down to earth' and to base a theory of I-hood on daily life's experiences."

Etymology

From I + -hood, chiefly a calque of German Ichheit (“selfhood”). Compare also Dutch ikheid (“individuality”).

Word Breakdown

Suffix: I

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

Ihood (alternative)

Synonyms

I-ness I-ship

Questions

What does i-hood mean?: The state of one's own self or identity; one's conscious personality.
Where does i-hood come from?: From I + -hood, chiefly a calque of German Ichheit (“selfhood”). Compare also Dutch ikheid (“individuality”).

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