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Descriptor English:
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Personhood
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Descriptor Spanish:
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Personeidad
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Descriptor Portuguese:
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Pessoalidade
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Synonyms English:
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Dignity, Human
Human Dignity
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Tree Number:
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K01.752.566.479.660
N05.350.917
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Definition English:
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The state or condition of being a human individual accorded moral and/or legal rights. Criteria to be used to determine this status are subject to debate, and range from the requirement of simply being a human organism to such requirements as that the individual be self-aware and capable of rational thought and moral agency. |
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Indexing Annotation English:
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do not confuse with INDIVIDUALITY
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See Related English:
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Beginning of Human Life
Human Characteristics
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History Note English:
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2002; use INDIVIDUALITY 1995-2001
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Record Number:
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36369
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Unique Identifier:
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D028723
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Occurrence in VHL:
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Similar:
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DeCS
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