How to Use self-identification in a Sentence

self-identification

noun
  • In a decade, Scheiber suggests, the shift in class self-identification may be nearly complete.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 10 Apr. 2026
  • But its parliament has just passed controversial amendments to such laws, which remove the right to self-identification and narrow the definition of ‘transgender’.
    — Harriet Marsden, TheWeek, 31 Mar. 2026
  • The film unfolds as an investigation exploring the contemporary art world while raising self-identification elements.
    — Marta Balaga, Variety, 10 Aug. 2025
  • Love Island had shifted what had previously been an unshakable self-identification and stumbled into comic profundity.
    — Anna Peele, Vulture, 20 May 2026
  • The complaint argues the policy relies heavily on self-identification, with limited objective requirements for transfer.
    — Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 1 May 2026
  • The show’s name referred to their self-identification as helpless babies overwhelmed by the pressures of modernity, comforted only by coating themselves in fancy serums and moisturizers to recreate the peaceful, placental insulation of the womb.
    — Literary Hub, 9 Apr. 2026
  • The memo said Mamdani shows Democrats are too radical − citing his self-identification as a democratic socialist, calls for policing reform, and his criticism of Israel and its treatment of Palestinians.
    — Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 29 Oct. 2025
  • The debate around West’s book has focused almost exclusively on litigating the happiness of her relationship, but Adult Braces offers another example of the collapse of self-identification.
    — Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 22 Mar. 2026
  • Mamdani’s sudden rise to prominence after his stunning upset victory over Cuomo in the 2025 Democratic mayoral primary, and his self-identification as a democratic socialist, has caused consternation among some of the city’s business elite.
    — Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar Plath’s only novel is a semi-autobiographical account of a young woman’s descent into mental illness and search for self-actualization and self-identification; this is another one that not only depicts a coming-of-age but has certainly helped fuel more than a few.
    — Emily Temple, Literary Hub, 26 Aug. 2019
  • And while Americans’ overall ideological self-identification looks stable in the aggregate (37% very conservative/conservative, 34% moderate, 25% very liberal/liberal), a January 2025 Gallup poll shows that this steadiness hides tectonic tensions tugging beneath the surface.
    — Robert T.f. Downes, Hartford Courant, 6 Jan. 2026

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