individuate
Example Sentences
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The relationships are so close and you have to start to individuate in terms of roles and who is getting what information.
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
Second, a 2-year-old is starting to individuate, meaning he’s finding his own mind and owning his body.
From Washington Post • Mar. 2, 2022
When death comes in bulk as constantly as it does in America, there is little time to individuate victims, to mourn them as singular persons, the way those who loved and knew them will.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 28, 2021
Children specialists have found that at about the end of the second year their charges begin to individuate.
From The Glands Regulating Personality by Berman, Louis, M.D.