(in the psychology of Jung) the process by which the wholeness of the individual is established through theintegration of consciousness and the collective unconscious
3. zoology
the development of separate but mutually interdependent units, as in the development of zooids forming a colony
individuation in American English
(ˌindəˌvɪdʒuːˈeiʃən)
noun
1.
the act of individuating
2.
state of being individuated; individual existence; individuality
3. Philosophy
the determination or contraction of a general nature to an individual mode of existence; development of the individual from the general
Word origin
[1620–30; individuate + -ion]This word is first recorded in the period 1620–30. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: clinic, grommet, headline, plug, veto-ion is a suffix, appearing in words of Latin origin, denoting action or condition, usedin Latin and in English to form nouns from stems of Latin adjectives (communion; union), verbs (legion; opinion), and esp. past participles (allusion; creation; fusion; notion; torsion)
Examples of 'individuation' in a sentence
individuation
Although bacteria do indeed have both innate and acquired immunity, these have nothing to do with their 'selfhood' or 'individuation'.