ipseity
One's unique identity
Ipseity is the quality of being oneself—individual identity or selfhood considered in its most essential form.
The term appears in philosophy and psychology when discussing what makes a person the particular self they are, distinct from others: The patient's sense of ipseity remained intact despite memory loss.
It's a technical word for the bare fact of being *this* self rather than another.
One's self-image
- selfOne's own being
- psycheTotal mental life
- soulInnermost animating essence
- personhoodStatus as a person
Study of subjective experience
- existentialismPhilosophy stressing self-created meaning
- ontologyStudy of existence's nature
- metaphysicsPhilosophy of existence's nature
- qualiaSubjective character of experiences
intentionality · solipsism · transcendence · immanence · thisness · self-reference · epistemology · Heidegger
Quality of being singular
- singularityPoint where values explode
- distinctivenessQuality of being distinguishable
- individuationDistinguishing one from many
- particularitySpecific distinguishing feature
irreducibility · unrepeatable · noninterchangeable · one-of-a-kind · incomparability · differentiation · inalienable · nontransferable
One's own identity perception
- self-perceptionHow one views oneself
- self-imageOne's view of oneself
- self-awarenessInsight into one's psyche
- self-recognitionPerceiving oneself as distinct
self-understanding · authenticity · introspection · self-knowledge · self-reflection
ego
One's self-image
phenomenology
Study of subjective experience
- existentialismPhilosophy stressing self-created meaning
- ontologyStudy of existence's nature
- metaphysicsPhilosophy of existence's nature
qualia · intentionality · solipsism · transcendence · immanence · thisness · self-reference · epistemology · Heidegger · Sartre
uniqueness
Quality of being singular
- singularityPoint where values explode
- distinctivenessQuality of being distinguishable
- individuationDistinguishing one from many
particularity · irreducibility · unrepeatable · noninterchangeable · one-of-a-kind · incomparability · differentiation · inalienable · nontransferable · irreplaceable
self-concept
One's own identity perception
- self-perceptionHow one views oneself
- self-imageOne's view of oneself
- self-awarenessInsight into one's psyche
self-recognition · self-understanding · authenticity · introspection · self-knowledge · self-reflection
ipseitycollective identity
Shared sense of us
hive mind · collectivism · group identity · otherness · communality
ipseitynon-self
Foreign biological material
selflessness · ego death · self-annihilation · depersonalization · self-transcendence
ipseitythinghood
Status as an object
objectification · reification · impersonality · anonymity · facelessness