individuation

individuation
1. Development of the individual from the specific. 2. In jungian psychology, the process by which one's personality is differentiated, developed, and expressed. 3. Regional activity in an embryo as a response to an organizer.

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in·di·vid·u·a·tion -.vij-ə-'wā-shən n
1) the process in the analytic psychology of C. G. Jung by which the self is formed by integrating elements of the conscious and unconscious mind
2) regional differentiation along a primary embryonic axis
in·di·vid·u·ate -'vij-ə-.wāt vt, -at·ed; -at·ing

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in·di·vid·u·a·tion (in″dĭ-vid″u-aґshən) 1. the process of developing individual characteristics. 2. differential regional activity in the embryo occurring in response to organizer influence.

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