self-differentiation
noun [ U ] uk/ˌself.dɪf.ə.ren.ʃiˈeɪ.ʃən/ us/ˌself.dɪf.ə.ren.ʃiˈeɪ.ʃən/
（区别自己与他人之间不同）自我分化
the ability to recognize yourself as separate and different from others
The author links this shift to the growing self-differentiation of the middle classes. 作者将这种转变与中产阶级日益增长的自我分化联系起来。
The wearing of European dress affirmed the colonists' desire for self-differentiation.
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- The novel's characters struggle for self-differentiation even as they hope to lose themselves in others.
- Self-differentiation, the ability to manage one’s individuality and connections with others, appeared to contribute to personal growth.
- Development is a self-differentiation, a bringing of itself into real being.