self-identify

Verb

Meaning

(transitive, chiefly in passive, or reflexive) To identify (oneself) with a particular person or group, or as part of a particular group. [from 19th c.]

(intransitive) To identify oneself as belonging to a particular group or category of people. [from 20th c.]

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Related terms

self-identification self-identifier

Examples

I came from a state where 35 percent self-identify as Tea Partiers, so I'm a bit distorted perhaps in my appreciation for the larger American population. Brad Carson

According to the survey, only 48% of those who self-identify as being on the right of the political spectrum would support the move with 21% saying they don’t support it and 31% responding that they do not know. Source: Internet

According to studies published in 2013, the term has become less negative, and an increasing number of people now self-identify as otaku. Source: Internet

Cultural Mormons Cultural Mormons are individuals who do not believe some (or many) of the doctrines of LDS Church, but who self-identify as Mormon. Source: Internet

However, since the mid-1990s whites have been more likely to self-identify as Republicans than Democrats. Source: Internet

Individuals may or may not self-identify as Christians or subscribe to Christian beliefs. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

self-identical self-identification self-identifier self-identity crisis self-ignite self-igniting