How to Use self-definition in a Sentence
self-definition
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This softness is not about pleasing others, but about self-definition.
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Denni Hu,
Footwear News,
3 Sep. 2019
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This is about conscious self-definition.
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Dossé-Via Trenou,
Refinery29,
30 Dec. 2025
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Wings suggest movement, resilience, and self-definition.
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Michelle F. Solomon,
Miami Herald,
17 Feb. 2026
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The full moon in Aries blazes with bold, assertive energy, marking a climactic moment for action, courage, and self-definition.
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Alexis Simmerman,
Austin American Statesman,
6 Oct. 2025
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The United States, searching for self-definition but loath to lose its illusions—its innocence—needed all of this as a counterpoint.
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Sebastian Smee,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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Mercury in Leo motivates courageous self-definition.
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Colin Bedell,
Them.,
13 Aug. 2025
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In a moment when the fashion system runs at an extremely fast pace, Jingru Wang and Sadamatsu created a space of interconnection and care, reciprocity and self-definition.
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Caterina De Biasio,
Vogue,
22 Nov. 2025
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In the process, Norma Kamali not only built a direct and deeper relationship with its audience but helped define a new category of brand-to-audience intimacy — one built on access, trust and self-definition.
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Jeetendr Sehdev,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
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Rather than allowing the market to define what the brand was, Norma Kamali defined it first, and that philosophy of self-definition arguably resonates with Generation Z more than any generation before it.
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Jeetendr Sehdev,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
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The capsule is expressed through Fear of God’s signature silhouettes, featuring Don’t Stop Your Future script and a profile symbolizing identity and self-definition.
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Lisa Lockwood,
Footwear News,
1 May 2026
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