personhood en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈpɝ.sən.hʊd/
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Etymology
Etymology tree Latin persōna Anglo-Norman persouneder. Middle English persoun English person Proto-Indo-European *keyt-der. Proto-Germanic *haiduzder. Proto-West Germanic *-haiduder. Old English -hād Middle English -hede English -hood English personhood From person + -hood.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The state or period of being a person.
These examples reveal that the shared personhood of hunters and prey was mutually comprehensible, such that hunters could see the animalness of themselves and the humanness of prey, and prey could see the humanness of themselves […]
2014, Christopher Watts, Relational Archaeologies: Humans, Animals, Things, page 101:[Animals] are conscious; they are subjectively aware; they have interests; they can suffer. No characteristic other than sentience is required for personhood.
2008, Gary L. Francione, Animals as Persons:
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(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).
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| personhoods | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (3)
el προσωποσύνη (the state of being a person) · tl katauhan (the state of being a person) · el προσωπότητα (the state of being a person)