self-discovery

English

Etymology

From self- +‎ discovery.

Noun

self-discovery (uncountable)

1. The action or process of achieving self-knowledge.
   • 2016 May 23, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, “Apocalypse pits the strengths of the X-Men series against the weaknesses”, in The Onion AV Club‎:

     The X-Men films have made an explicit connection between the mutants’ powers and pubescent self-discovery, but perhaps it’s necessary to address the last few movies’ psychosexual subtext.