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personhood

[ pur-suhn-hood ]

noun

  1. the state or fact of being a person.
  2. the state or fact of being an individual or having human characteristics and feelings:

    a harsh prison system that deprives prisoners of their personhood.



personhood

/ ˈ£ːəˌʊ /

noun

  1. the condition of being a person who is an individual with inalienable rights, esp under the 14th Amendment of the Constitution of the United States
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of personhood1

First recorded in 1955–60; person + -hood
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“Attacking someone’s personhood is not political speech. It’s just an attack, that’s all it is,” he said.

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What did that reveal to you about the personhood of these innies?

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By the time she’s clawed her way to the top, she’s left her personhood behind.

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One executive order aimed to end "forced use of Federal taxpayer dollars to fund or promote elective abortion" domestically, while another anti-trans action he signed included language implicating fetal personhood.

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In 2025, lawmakers in at least these eleven states introduced bills aimed at backing fetal personhood.

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