🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

个体化

Pronunciation / Transliteration: gè tǐ huà

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Individuation/ˌɪndɪvɪˈdʒuːeɪʃən/
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"个体化是荣格心理学中的核心概念。"

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 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. 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

The term 'individuation' originates from the Latin word 'individuum', meaning 'indivisible'. It evolved through the Middle French 'individuation' in the 17th century, reflecting the philosophical and psychological concepts of personal identity and self-development.

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