Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To believe or assert that one belongs to a certain group or class.
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Examples
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Children and grandchildren who have been taught by their parents, their rabbis, and their teachers to self-identify not as citizens of Israel but as citizens of Judea and Samaria -- the biblical heartland of the Jewish state, given exclusively and forever to them, as Jews, by God.
Lara Friedman: The Belated Awakening to Settler Extremism Lara Friedman 2011
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Children and grandchildren who have been taught by their parents, their rabbis, and their teachers to self-identify not as citizens of Israel but as citizens of Judea and Samaria -- the biblical heartland of the Jewish state, given exclusively and forever to them, as Jews, by God.
Lara Friedman: The Belated Awakening to Settler Extremism Lara Friedman 2011
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Giovanni Rodriguez writes that young Latinos not only index higher on Twitter than any other ethnic group, but also self-index higher: that is, we tend to self-identify, self-organize, and self-categorize more than other folks.
Max Benavidez: The #Hashtag Generation: Young Latinos and America's Future Max Benavidez 2011
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I do not self-identify as a "fundamentalist," but I believe Jesus was the Son of God, and that belief is enough to win one such a label in some circles.
Ben Stevens: Is Anders Breivik A European Fundamentalist? Ben Stevens 2011
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Among the general public, by contrast, 41% of Americans self-identify as conservative, 36% as moderate, and only 21% as liberal.
Polling the Occupy Wall Street Crowd Douglas Schoen 2011
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Giovanni Rodriguez writes that young Latinos not only index higher on Twitter than any other ethnic group, but also self-index higher: that is, we tend to self-identify, self-organize, and self-categorize more than other folks.
Max Benavidez: The #Hashtag Generation: Young Latinos and America's Future Max Benavidez 2011
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How do they self-identify in the market for e-romance and love?
Marian Salzman: Prosumers in E-Love Marian Salzman 2011
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How do they self-identify in the market for e-romance and love?
Marian Salzman: Prosumers in E-Love Marian Salzman 2011
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More recently, in “Mongrel America” (January/February 2003), Gregory Rodriguez suggested that racial jockeying might eventually fade to irrelevance, as Americans from different backgrounds increasingly intermarry and self-identify as belonging to multiple races.
White America Reacts 2009
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I do not self-identify as a "fundamentalist," but I believe Jesus was the Son of God, and that belief is enough to win one such a label in some circles.
Ben Stevens: Is Anders Breivik A European Fundamentalist? Ben Stevens 2011
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