self-identity
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of self-identity
First recorded in 1865–70
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Grabbing mighty scissors, he cuts and rejiggers Homer and a bit of Virgil to transform these classical texts into his type of tale: one fixated on memory, self-identity, destructive genius and the slippage of time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
Regional Development Minister Tibor Navracsics, a former EU commissioner, who spearheaded the adoption of the self-identity law, denies any discriminatory intent.
From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2025
Jackson’s spectral self-identity was a guiding light as he and the composer Anna K. Jacobs collaborated on “Teeth,” a new musical based on Mitchell Lichtenstein’s 2007 indie scary movie of the same name.
From New York Times ● Mar. 4, 2024
This season marks the second that Perez is executive producing the show and returns to last season’s self-identity and belonging curriculum.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 17, 2023
Applying these principles, we seem to get a propulsive force into our logic which the ordinary logic of a bare, stark self-identity in each thing never attains to.
From Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature by William James
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