personhood
personhood · personhoods
The state or period of being a personThe state or period of being a person.
/ˈpɝ.sən.hʊd/
» Your dogmatic religious idea of fetal personhood is irrelevant to a society where not everyone has the same religion.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)The state or period of being a person.
being a person
(countable, uncountable)The status of being considered as a person.
A majority of the present world's peoples delay the conferral of personhood (to children).
Examples
1 sentencesYour dogmatic religious idea of fetal personhood is irrelevant to a society where not everyone has the same religion.
Forms
plural: personhoods| Singular | personhood |
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Word family
1 related wordsRelatedperson
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable