Usually means: Exploration of one's own identity.
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We found 18 dictionaries that define the word self-discovery:

General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. self-discovery: Merriam-Webster
  2. self-discovery: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. self-discovery: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. self-discovery, self-discovery: Collins English Dictionary
  5. self-discovery: Vocabulary.com
  6. Self-Discovery, self-discovery: Wordnik
  7. self-discovery: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. self-discovery: Wiktionary
  9. self-discovery: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. self-discovery: Dictionary.com
  11. Self-discovery: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. self-discovery: Rhymezone
  13. self-discovery: FreeDictionary.org
  14. self-discovery: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. self-discovery: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ noun:  The learning of what kind of person one really is, or what one really wants to do with one's life.

Similar:
self-realization, self-questioning, self-revelation, self-knowledge, soul-search, self-recognition, autognosis, individuation, self-characterization, self-analysis, more...

Opposite:
self-denial, self-repression, self-abnegation

Types:
meditation, therapy, journaling, traveling, reading, self-reflection, spiritual practices, creative expression, more...

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Similar:
self-realization, self-questioning, self-revelation, self-knowledge, soul-search, self-recognition, autognosis, individuation, self-characterization, self-analysis, more...

Opposite:
self-denial, self-repression, self-abnegation

Types:
meditation, therapy, journaling, traveling, reading, self-reflection, spiritual practices, creative expression, more...



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