self-identity
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of self-identity
First recorded in 1865–70
Example Sentences
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He says children are "developing their self-identity" and they might struggle to "accept their true image" as they grow older.
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2026
The law stipulates that under the "right to self-identity", settlements are entitled to protect and preserve their "social structure".
From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2025
The self-taught artist, who also goes by the alias “Little Ricky,” never imagined McQueen’s statement would help him manifest an internal struggle of self-identity into an all-consuming project exploring queerness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 8, 2024
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
It is as though self-identity were an emergent extensive parameter of the complex human system - measurable by the dual techniques of memory and introspection.
From Moral Deliberations in Modern Cinema by Samuel Vaknin
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