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10 Language-to-English DictionariesIndividuation
/ˌɪn.dɪˌvɪdʒ.uˈeɪ.ʃən/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The psychological process by which a person achieves a sense of individual identity distinct from other people and from other aspects of the external world.
"Jung viewed individuation as the central process of human psychological development." - 2
The historical or biological process by which individual things come to have distinct existence and differentiated characteristics from a collective whole.
"The philosophical inquiry into the principle of individuation dates back to Aristotle."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from Medieval Latin 'individuationem', stemming from 'individuus' meaning indivisible, formed from 'in-' (not) plus 'dividuus' (divisible). The term entered philosophical discourse in the Scholastic period and was later popularized in 20th-century psychology by Carl Jung to describe the development of the psychological individual.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Individuation" is said worldwide
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individuation
Transliteration: /ɛ̃.di.vi.dɥa.sjɔ̃/
"L'individuation est un concept clé de la psychologie jungienne."
Individuation
Transliteration: /ɪndivi.duˈaːt͡si̯oːn/
"Die Individuation beschreibt den Prozess der Selbsterkenntnis."
individuazione
Transliteration: /in.di.vi.dwaˈt͡sjo.ne/
"L'individuazione porta alla scoperta del proprio sé autentico."
individuación
Transliteration: /in.di.βwi.ðaˈsjon/
"El proceso de individuación requiere enfrentar el inconsciente."
individuação
Transliteration: /ĩ.di.vi.dwɐˈsɐ̃w̃/
"A individuação é a jornada rumo à totalidade psicológica."
व्यक्तिगत विकास
Transliteration: vyaktigat vikas
"व्यक्तिगत विकास मानव मन की एक गहरी प्रक्रिया है।"
个体化
Transliteration: gè tǐ huà
"个体化是荣格心理学中的核心概念。"
개성화를
Transliteration: gaeseong-hwaneun
Script: 개성화
"개성화 과정은 진정한 자아를 찾는 여정이다."
個性化
Transliteration: koseika
"個性化はユング心理学の重要な概念である。"
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