individuate
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But at varying points, each tries to individuate themselves from their father, and much of the suspense lies in how Rupert schemes to draw them back under his influence.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 23, 2022
I try to make sure it’s all the steps along the route as you individuate from your family and become a professional.
From The Verge ● May 3, 2022
Robust peer friendships allow adolescents to safely individuate from their parents, but in these settings, peers can feel pitted against each other.
From Salon ● May 1, 2022
Indeed, to individuate this to Chauvin or Minneapolis or even policing is to miss the point.
From Seattle Times ● May 31, 2020
How feeble this attempt is to individuate, is most clearly shown in their mode of generation.
From Hints towards the formation of a more comprehensive theory of life. by Coleridge, Samuel Taylor
Western traditions want to assert an autonomous being who is strongly individuated from other beings.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 15, 2022
“It kind of has to be a collective support structure, not an individuated one of. And how do we do that without real government policy?”
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 19, 2021
Such a space can represent the wish image of air travel: a personalized adventure, the individuated feeling of being spirited up and across a continent or ocean with no apparent obstacles.
From Slate ● Mar. 18, 2020
One wishes, at times, that the voices were more individuated.
From New York Times ● Apr. 2, 2019
Many of the people in the paintings are sharply individuated.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
“Counter to what we expected, the individuating information didn’t reduce or remove bias,” Ellingson said.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 9, 2021
To be “one of Harvey’s victims” is—has to be—the opposite of individuating.
From Slate ● Feb. 20, 2020
It’s a little like when we were talking about childhood and individuating.
From New York Times ● May 14, 2018
They cause trouble, however, when we refuse to take the context/environment or individuating information that we've received into account, and when we continue to over-apply our existing stereotypes in scenarios where they are really inappropriate and/or not helpful.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 15, 2015
For this process is the cement which binds the whole together; this is the individuating principle that makes England what England is.
From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 09 (of 12) by Burke, Edmund
