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The two initiatives encapsulate Mr. Adams’s self-characterization as a blue-collar candidate: Make the streets and the subway safe and reliable for New York’s working-class residents.

From New York Times • Jul. 10, 2021

The emptiness of that self-characterization is classic Araki, where alienation is a default pose.

From Washington Post • Mar. 7, 2019

There is every reason to believe this self-characterization is accurate, given Packer’s tendency toward meticulously reasoned, wildly unpopular arguments that alienate those provisionally “on his side.”

From The New Yorker • Sep. 29, 2015

He said the museum relies on such groups’ self-characterization as nonprofit organizations to determine pricing.

From Washington Times • Sep. 16, 2015

The coincidence of the results with the self-characterization is frequently quite surprising.

From Psychology and Industrial Efficiency by Münsterberg, Hugo