Meaning of personhood | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The state or period of being a person.
   countable, uncountable
2. The status of being considered as a person.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“[Animals] are conscious; they are subjectively aware; they have⟳ interests; they can suffer⟳. No characteristic other than sentience is required for personhood.”

“These examples reveal⟳ that the shared personhood of hunters and prey was mutually comprehensible, such that hunters could see⟳ the animalness of themselves and the humanness of prey, and prey could see⟳ the humanness of themselves […]”

“A majority of the present⟳ world's peoples delay⟳ the conferral of personhood (to children).”

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