personhood Definition
per·son·hood (pʉr′sən ho̵od′)
noun
the state or condition of being a person, or individual human being
personhood Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- fetus: The issue I have been asked to argue, the personhood of the fetus, is triply crucial.
- people: Grounded in the philosophy of person-centred care, DCM promotes the personhood of people with dementia and a holistic approach to their care.
Converse of object
- distribute: It is the connections between objects that allow some unity to distributed personhood.
- define: For Harris the ability to value life and express preferences in the context of a future defines personhood.
- recognize: Everyone has the right to have his or her personhood recognized in law 34.
- describe: Levertov often describes personhood as a contest between such contraries.
- understand: Moreover, we have replaced heroes with celebrities as a result of major changes in the way we understand personhood and community.
- achieve: Some, however, argue for abortion on the grounds that the fetus has not ( yet ) achieved personhood.
Adjective modifier
- moral: These concern: moral personhood, issues surrounding life at its beginning, and issues surrounding life at its end.
- human: We are caught up in an awesome struggle over the character of human personhood.
- full: The Word, therefore, is all that God is, including His full Personhood.
- corporate: We have a group starting here in San Luis Obispo to revoke corporate personhood on a local level.
- legal: Nor is it obvious why the judges should conclude that legal personhood only starts at upwards of 24 weeks.
- own: Tho by his own distinctive personhood he perfectly mirrors to us what the Father is like.
Modifies a noun
unfolds: White, pure Like the gift You gave of Yourself, flower Of your personhood Unfolds now Beautified in memory.
Preposition: in
term: It reveals a bias for constructing personhood in terms that are predominantly individualistic and essentialist rather than thoroughly relational.
Browse dictionary entries near personhood
- ‹ personate
- ‹ personalty
- ‹ personally
- ‹ personalize
- ‹ personality
- ‹ personalism
- ‹ personalia
- ‹ Personal Wireless Telecommunications
- ‹ personal service
- ‹ personal representative
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