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osobist

Osobist is a neologism used in some English-language writings to denote a person who concentrates on aspects of personal identity or on the management of personal information. Because it has no standard definition and is not widely recognized in major dictionaries, its precise meaning varies by author and context.

Origins and usage: The term appears to derive from the root osoba, the Slavic word for person

Examples and scope: The use of osobist is niche. It is rarely used outside speculative or community-specific

See also: identity, personhood, privacy, data subject, self-concept.

or
individual,
combined
with
the
English
suffix
-ist
to
form
a
practitioner
of
a
domain
focused
on
the
person.
In
academic
discussions,
osobist
may
refer
to
a
scholar
of
self
and
personhood;
in
privacy
or
governance
contexts,
it
may
refer
to
a
practitioner
responsible
for
handling
personal
data
and
protecting
the
rights
of
data
subjects.
discourse,
and
there
are
no
widely
known
figures
identified
primarily
as
osobists.