itseydestä
Itseydestä is a Finnish term referring to the concept of selfhood or the quality of being oneself. In academic and philosophical usage, it denotes the persisting subjectivity that characterizes a person, including how one experiences, understands, and acts as a continuous agent over time. The term is used across disciplines such as philosophy, psychology, and theology to analyze what makes a person a single, identifiable being.
Etymologically, the word combines the pronoun itse (self) with a suffix that creates an abstract noun, and
Conceptually, itseys encompasses aspects of consciousness, agency, and personal continuity. It relates to how a subject
In practice, discussions of itseydestä explore questions such as what constitutes a person’s core identity, how