selfship

From self +‎ -ship. Compare Danish selvskab, Swedish självskap, Norwegian selvskap.

selfship (uncountable)

1. The state, essence, or quality of self; identity; individuality.
   • 1882, Sarah A. Ramsdell, The lessons of the ages:

     separate from God, or so long as God is only found in the heavens, and man is trying with the wrong key to unlock the sanctuary of this divine selfship.

   • 1918, International journal of surgery:

     Our selfship of the past must develop into citizenship. We must remember that each individual in the community is an asset to us — that no nation can be strong if its citizens are weak and diseased.

   • 1973, Melvin Herman Marx, William Allen Hillix, Systems and theories in psychology:

     The time-honored way was to use self as though it were a little man-inside-the-man who ordered all activities so that they pretty well suited his imperial selfship.

   • 1999, Iyanla Vanzant, In the Meantime: Finding Yourself and the Love You Want:

     Having learned so much about family relationships, friendships, and, more important, the selfship, Luanne documented how to develop and nurture all relationships with the vigilant employment of loving principles.

From self- +‎ ship.

• self-ship

selfship (plural selfships)

1. (fandom slang) A situation where a person ships themselves with a character.
   • 2023 November 5, @lexintothenex, Twitter‎:

     the one year anniversary of my selfship with rayman is coming up tomorrow and I really wanted to get some art done, but I've been so exhausted and burnt out lately that I'm not sure I'll be able to finish it...

selfship (third-person singular simple present selfships, present participle selfshipping, simple past and past participle selfshipped)

1. (fandom slang) To ship yourself with a fictional character.