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self-invention noun[ U ] (alsoselfinvention)uk /ˌself.ɪnˈven.ʃən/ us /ˌself.ɪnˈven.ʃən/ the fact or process of creating your own identity(= who you are and the qualities that make you different from others): His attempt to escape into a life of easy pleasure, social mobility, and self-invention was doomed from the start. She had a genius for self-invention and self-promotion. We live in an age of endless self-invention, and that requires a different kind of career planning. He was an intriguing mixture of self-invention, ruthless ambition, rampant vanity, and incredible musical ability. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Inventing, designing and innovation absorptive capacity architect artificer bionics blueprint design designer devise dream something up ergonomic lead time modularization mother nanotechnology technologist technology the mother of somethingidiom themed think outside the boxidiom think something up |