self-expression

[ self-ik-spresh-uhn, self- ]

noun

1. the expression or assertion of one's own personality, as in conversation, behavior, poetry, or painting.

self-expression

noun

1. the expression of one's own personality, feelings, etc, as in painting, poetry, or other creative activity

Derived Forms

• ˌself-exˈpressive, adjective

Other Words From

• self-ex·pressive adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of self-expression¹

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

With its emphasis on self-expression and three-dimensional adolescents, Awkward.

From The Daily Beast

At a time when personal freedom and self-expression swept the country, Rüdiger pressed for more independence.

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The Arab Spring empowered the common people and created an opportunity for self-expression of groups and communities.

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Classicist James Romm writes that we have replaced head-to-head competition with collaboration and self-expression.

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Another theme that I thought was so powerful was the importance of self-expression and the pain of being denied a voice.

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The born novelist had just discovered himself and clamoured for artistic self-expression.

From Project Gutenberg

Every man who has a grievance is fiercely impelled to self-expression.

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That is just what Montaigne has done for a multitude of others, in virtue of his prime quality of spontaneous self-expression.

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However, Ellen had not the gift of self-expression, and cordiality from another seemed to freeze her up.

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Or it may have been that his exuberant desire for self-expression had burst through the four walls of practical professions.

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