Self-identify
"Self-identify" in a Sentence (9 examples)
Honestly, why does everyone need to self-identify and self-label themselves? It's downright ludicrous.
Algerians may or may not self-identify as Berber, but they all have a high percentage of Berber ancestry.
This is a new type of emperor; he is self-identified with the divinity, his celestial virtues legitimizing his power.
Among those who self-identified themselves as Native American, 80 percent of them had white ancestors, along with 20 percent for blacks, Hispanics, and Asians.
In this instance, 70% of Jews self-identify as leaning to or members of the Democratic party.
When it comes to love, Beth self-identifies as “a person who is attracted to both sexes,” and is interested in upending conventional narratives.
So, why is self-identifying so important and how does it benefit the organization and the employee?
A Nebraska state lawmaker apologized on Monday after he publicly cited a persistent but debunked rumor alleging that schools are placing litter boxes in school bathrooms to accommodate children who self-identify as cats.
Online forums dedicated to incel culture are a reliable way to see how the term evolved and is used today. A subreddit, or forum on Reddit, called r/incels was one of the most visible meeting places for self-identified incels until it was banned by Reddit in 2017 for “violent content.”
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.