selfdom

English

AI In plain words

Writing a short explanation…

Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.

selfdom

Where it comes from

From Middle English selfdom, from Old English selfdōm (“independence”), equivalent to self + -dom.

noun selfdoms

archaic, uncountable, usually selfhood. "The target of the Jihad was a machine-attitude as much as the machines," Leto said. "Humans had set those machines to usurp our sense of beauty, our necessary selfdom out of which we make living judgments. Naturally, the machines were destroyed."

Talk about this word

Cite this

MLA

"selfdom." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/selfdom. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

selfdom. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/selfdom

Chicago

"selfdom." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/selfdom.

BibTeX

@misc{selfdom_2026,
  title = {selfdom},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/selfdom},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}