self-identity

American  

[self-ahy-den-ti-tee, -i-den-, self-] / ˈsɛlf aɪˈdɛn tɪ ti, -ɪˈdɛn-, ˌsɛlf- /

noun

1. the identity or consciousness of identity of a thing with itself.

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self-identity British  

noun

1. the conscious recognition of the self as having a unique identity

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Etymology

Origin of self-identity

First recorded in 1865–70

Example Sentences

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self-identity

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

She writes: “Queer fashion can enable the construction of self-identity and self-expression. It can be a form of self-acceptance and self-care. Queer style helps serve as a possibility model for who we can become.”

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 20, 2023

In his community God is released from the abstractness of a mysterious self-identity, as well as from the naïve imprisonment in a bodily shape, in which he is represented by sculpture.

From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 07 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes by Various