Definitions for personhood
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1. personhoodnoun

   being a person

   "finding her own personhood as a campus activist"

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1. personhoodnoun

   The state or period of being a person.

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1. Personhood

   Personhood or personality is the status of being a person. Defining personhood is a controversial topic in philosophy and law and is closely tied with legal and political concepts of citizenship, equality, and liberty. According to law, only a legal person (either a natural or a juridical person) has rights, protections, privileges, responsibilities, and legal liability.Personhood continues to be a topic of international debate and has been questioned critically during the abolition of human and nonhuman slavery, in debates about abortion and in fetal rights and/or reproductive rights, in animal rights activism, in theology and ontology, in ethical theory, and in debates about corporate personhood and the beginning of human personhood.Processes through which personhood is recognized socially and legally vary cross-culturally, demonstrating that notions of personhood are not universal. Anthropologist Beth Conklin has shown how personhood is tied to social relations among the Wari' people of Rondônia, Brazil. Bruce Knauft's studies of the Gebusi people of Papua New Guinea depict a context in which individuals become persons incrementally, again through social relations. Likewise, Jane C. Goodale has also examined the construction of personhood in Papua New Guinea.

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1. personhood

   Personhood refers to the quality or condition of being an individual person, usually from a legal or philosophical perspective. It typically refers to the rights, freedoms and protections one is entitled to under the law, such as the right to freedom of speech or the right to life. However, the concept of personhood can also involve ethical, societal, and cultural aspects, such as individual dignity, personality, consciousness, autonomy and the ability to reason or engage in complex behavior. The criteria for personhood can vary widely in different contexts.

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1. Personhood

   The state or condition of being a human individual accorded moral and/or legal rights. Criteria to be used to determine this status are subject to debate, and range from the requirement of simply being a human organism to such requirements as that the individual be self-aware and capable of rational thought and moral agency.

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1. Ordophones

How to pronounce personhood?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of personhood in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of personhood in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of personhood in a Sentence

1. Karen Casey:

   Truly loving another means letting go of all expectations. It means full acceptance, even celebration of another's personhood.

2. Brad Raffensperger:

   Well, I really say that, you know, my faith really is part of me. It's part of who I am, I guess, it becomes part of your character. It's just sewn in, and one of the threads of your total human personhood that you have, it's part of me and so we lean into it.

3. Christopher Berry:

   Legal personhood is just the ability to have your interest heard and represented in court, it's about enforcing rights they already have under animal cruelty laws and other protection laws.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=personhood
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Personhood
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personhood
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