self-expression
/sˌɛlfɪkspɹˈɛʃən/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.47 in modern English
26
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
6
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Medical culture constrains stimming through strict clinical designations and pathologizing definitions, referring to it as stereotypies or "self-stimulatory behaviours." Autistic people, however, often define stimming more broadly as repetitive sensory practices used to regulate emotional states, to cope with external sensory stimuli, or for purposes of self-expression."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English expression English self-expression From self- + expression.