The state of being an individual ego or self; individuality or individual consciousness considered as a separate entity.
From ego plus the suffix -hood (Old English had, 'person' or 'condition'), creating a noun meaning the state or condition of having an ego or individual identity.
In Buddhist philosophy, egohood is exactly what you're supposed to let go of—the illusion that you're a separate 'self' rather than part of everything—and that idea has fundamentally shaped how billions of people think.
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