self-discovery

English

Etymology

From self- +‎ discovery.

Noun

self-discovery (uncountable)

  1. The action or process of achieving self-knowledge.
    • 2016 May 23, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, “Apocalypse pits the strengths of the X-Men series against the weaknesses”, in The Onion AV Club‎[1]:
      The X-Men films have made an explicit connection between the mutants’ powers and pubescent self-discovery, but perhaps it’s necessary to address the last few movies’ psychosexual subtext.
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