ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Self-expression

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Self-expression is a noun meaning The means by which one's personal characteristics are displayed; showing one's internal beliefs or character by means of external actions/changes.

Meaning

The means by which one's personal characteristics are displayed; showing one's internal beliefs or character by means of external actions/changes.

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.

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