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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
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absorptive capacity
architect
artificer
bionics
blueprint
design
designer
devise
dream something up
ergonomic
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modularization
mother
nanotechnology
technologist
technology
the mother of somethingidiom
themed
think outside the boxidiom
think something up
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