Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The state or condition of being a person, especially having those qualities that confer distinct individuality.
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- noun The state or period of being a
person .
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- noun being a person
Etymologies
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Examples
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With this far-reaching anti-abortion strategy, the proponents of what they call personhood amendments hope to reshape the national debate.
NYT > Home Page By ERIK ECKHOLM 2011
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According to the Association Against Animal Factories, "personhood" is the only way to make sure that Pan, who previously lived in a now-bankrupt shelter, doesn't end up under nasty ownership outside of Austria.
Boing Boing 2007
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But his starting definition of personhood is remarkably similar to Brynn's.
Valerie Tarico: Psychology of God: Do Christians Believe God Has Emotions? Valerie Tarico 2010
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But his starting definition of personhood is remarkably similar to Brynn's.
Valerie Tarico: Psychology of God: Do Christians Believe God Has Emotions? Valerie Tarico 2010
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Business: Corporate personhood is the kool-aid served in the boardrooms.
Matthew Yglesias » Universalism and Particularism in Neoconservatism 2010
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For some eerie reason I am reminded of a passage in the bible where it talks of the Anti-Christ being made into the likeness of man …. perhaps corporate personhood is what this passage really meant?
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Western mental health discourse introduces core components of Western culture, including a theory of human nature, a definition of personhood, a sense of time and memory, and a source of moral authority.
Crazy Like Us Ethan Watters 2010
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It's little wonder that Dennett gets described as being a 'kinda-sorta' realist about mental states – it's because he's trying desperately to present a philosophical framing of mind that eliminates subjective experience, but retains a practical personhood, even with the aside that said personhood is just a useful fiction.
Blurring the Line 2007
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Each of us is a Body/Soul together in an intimate relationship that we call personhood--the state of being a person, whole and entire, created in the image and likeness of God.
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After Mindscan, the biological original who has signed over all rights of personhood is brought to the far side of the moon where Immortex has established New Eden, a lunar paradise where the biologicals can live out their remaining days.
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