self-identity
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of self-identity
First recorded in 1865–70
Example Sentences
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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
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
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
The fact that these particulars, though as a mode of mind they are distinguished from the self-identity of our self-centred being, are yet simply contained in its simplicity, is what we call sensibility.
From Hegel's Philosophy of Mind by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
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