individuation
Becoming uniquely oneself
Individuation is the process of becoming a distinct, separate individual.
In psychology, particularly in Carl Jung's analytical psychology, it refers to the lifelong process of integrating conscious and unconscious elements of the psyche to achieve psychological wholeness and self-realization.
More generally, individuation can describe any process by which something becomes distinguished from others of its kind: The individuation of identical twins often accelerates once they enter different schools.
Analytical psychology founder
- self-realizationAchieving personal potential
- archetypeOriginal model for copies
- psychoanalysisTreatment via unconscious exploration
- integrationCombining into a whole
shadow · anima · animus · persona · complex · unconscious · transcendence · self-actualization
Process of becoming complete
- evolutionSpecies changing over generations
- progressionSequential forward movement
- emergenceComing into existence
- transformationThorough change in form
unfolding · flowering · ripening · actualization · fulfillment · cultivation · refinement · becoming
Independent decision-making capacity
- self-awarenessInsight into one's psyche
- self-discoveryLearning one's true character
- selfhoodIndividual identity, personhood
- identity formationBuilding a sense of self
self-concept · authenticity · self-determination · self-expression · uniqueness · personal identity · subjectivity · self-differentiation
Notable difference or honor
- separationState of being apart
- uniquenessQuality of being singular
- particularitySpecific distinguishing feature
- singularityPoint where values explode
contrast · dissimilarity · heterogeneity · peculiarity · originality · demarcation · discreteness · specificity
Independent decision-making capacity
- agencyPower to act
- existentialismPhilosophy stressing self-created meaning
- self-relianceDepending on oneself alone
- KierkegaardDanish existentialist theologian
Nietzsche · Schopenhauer · particulars · nominalism · substance · essence · monad · atomism
Jung
Analytical psychology founder
- self-realizationAchieving personal potential
- archetypeOriginal model for copies
- psychoanalysisTreatment via unconscious exploration
integration · shadow · anima · animus · persona · complex · unconscious · transcendence · self-actualization · wholeness
maturation
Process of becoming complete
- evolutionSpecies changing over generations
- progressionSequential forward movement
- emergenceComing into existence
transformation · unfolding · flowering · ripening · actualization · fulfillment · cultivation · refinement · becoming · personal growth
autonomy
Independent decision-making capacity
- self-awarenessInsight into one's psyche
- self-discoveryLearning one's true character
- selfhoodIndividual identity, personhood
identity formation · self-concept · authenticity · self-determination · self-expression · uniqueness · personal identity · subjectivity · self-differentiation · separateness
distinction
Notable difference or honor
- separationState of being apart
- uniquenessQuality of being singular
- particularitySpecific distinguishing feature
singularity · contrast · dissimilarity · heterogeneity · peculiarity · originality · demarcation · discreteness · specificity · distinguishing
autonomy
Independent decision-making capacity
- agencyPower to act
- existentialismPhilosophy stressing self-created meaning
- self-relianceDepending on oneself alone
Kierkegaard · Nietzsche · Schopenhauer · particulars · nominalism · substance · essence · monad · atomism · thisness
- identityidentity, personal identity, self, selfhood, self-expression
- self-expressionstyle, self-expression, fashion, self-portrait, clothing
- self-improvementpersonal growth, self-help books, focus, self-improvement, personal development
- teen behavioreye rolling, back talk, backtalk, door slamming, moodiness
- metaphysicsessence, being, reality, existence, substance theory
- psychoanalysisFreud, id, ego, unconscious, Sigmund Freud
individuationfusion
Joining into unity
merger · enmeshment · undifferentiation · symbiosis · ego dissolution
individuationconformity
Adherence to norms
assimilation · homogenization · groupthink · uniformity · herd mentality
individuationunity
Wholeness through cohesion
oneness · dissolution · merging · unification · totality
divide, division, individual, individually, individuals, individuality, indivisible, individualism, individualize