personhood

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personhood

/ˈpɝ.sən.hʊd/

noun personhoods

countable, uncountable The state or period of being a person. [Animals] are conscious; they are subjectively aware; they have interests; they can suffer. No characteristic other than sentience is required for personhood.
countable, uncountable The status of being considered as a person. A majority of the present world's peoples delay the conferral of personhood (to children).

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noun the state of being a person

Ελληνικά	προσωποσύνη prosoposýni, προσωπότητα prosopótita

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@misc{personhood_2026,
  title = {personhood},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/personhood},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}