self-invention
UK/self-ɪn'venʃ(ə)n/US
Definitions
n.
The process of creating or remaking one's own identity
自我塑造，自我创造
Root Breakdown
Root-derivedself-self, own
+
inventionnot, opposite of
=self-invention
self- (own) + invention = "the invention of oneself" — building or reinventing your own identity.
Common Collocations
- 1.process of self-invention自我塑造的过程
- 2.act of self-invention自我创造的行为
- 3.radical self-invention彻底的自我重塑
Example Sentences
- 1.
His memoir is a story of constant self-invention.