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self-identity

[ self-ahy-den-ti-tee, -i-den-, self- ]

noun

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


self-identity

noun

  1. the conscious recognition of the self as having a unique identity
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of self-identity1

First recorded in 1865–70
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Example Sentences

There are still some rough days when Scott struggles with self-identity issues and the profound loss of memories.

It is perfectly true that substance is this unity at one with itself, but spirit no less is this self-identity.

In the achievement of a sense of self-identity, the child needs models with which to identify himself.

It is impossible, through any ordinary change of fortune, for a normal person to lose his sense of self-identity.

The meaning of congruence lies beyond the self-identity of the object.

To keep within the self-identity of the object is to suspend thought.

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