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What does individuation mean?

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  1. The process of individuating or individualizing.
  2. (philosophy) The distinction of the individual from the general or universal.
  3. (biology) The differentiation of tissues.
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The hypotheses proposed were derived from a combination of literature on parenting, identity formation, and individuation in the family context.
The condition is also called the beginning individuation, a process of self-actualization that continues on to death.
Although the volume depicts a spiritual drought in the postlapsarian world that hinders its individuation, glimmers of the active imagination provide a vehicle for redemption.
The individuation of man appears to consist in the union of a rational soul with any convenient portion of fitly organized matter.
Increased behavioral autonomy facilitates secondary processes such as role exploration, identity formation, and individuation.
The positive effects of these processes are interdependent on the simultaneously establishing freedom of individuation and fragmentation.

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