different between selfhood vs selfdom

English

From self +? -hood.

selfhood (usually uncountable, plural selfhoods)

(philosophy, psychology) State of having a distinct identity, or being an individual distinct from others; individuality.
The fully developed self; one's personality, character.
- 2002, Amila Buturovi?, Stone speaker: medieval tombs, landscape, and Bosnian identity in the poetry of Mak Dizdar:
  Indeed, while geography is neither a key dimension of identity nor its determinant, it is one of the most important categories through which nationhood can be explored and articulated. It both grounds a sense of national selfhood and gives it a framework through which a continuous shaping of identity can "take place."
The quality of being self-centered or egocentric; selfishness.

From Middle English selfdom, from Old English selfd?m (“independence”), equivalent to self +? -dom.

selfdom (usually uncountable, plural selfdoms)

(archaic) selfhood.
- 1981, Frank Herbert, God Emperor of Dune
  "The target of the Jihad was a machine-attitude as much as the machines," Leto said. "Humans had set those machines to usurp our sense of beauty, our necessary selfdom out of which we make living judgments. Naturally, the machines were destroyed."

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