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What you describe as social conditioning is what in philosophy is called “conventionalism” as a description of self identity as adapting to social conventions. I see it as a subsuming of an authentic self to the mass identity of social norms. The real self remains underneath, just suppressed by the need to fit in.

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Douglas Giles, PhD
Douglas Giles, PhD

Written by Douglas Giles, PhD

Philosopher by trade & temperament, professor for 21 years, bringing philosophy out of its ivory tower and into everyday life. https://dgilesauthor.com/

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