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self-identification
[ self-ahy-den-tuh-fi-key-shuhn, -i-den-, self- ]
noun
- identification of oneself with some other person or thing.
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of self-identification1
Example Sentences
Self-identification as Native American also flouts the sovereign right of tribes to determine rules for citizenship.
Earlier, at First Minister's Questions, Scottish Conservative leader Russell Findlay challenged Swinney to drop the government's support for gender self-identification.
There has been particular controversy in light of the debate about whether the gender recognition process should be streamlined - there was a lengthy wrangle at Holyrood over “self-identification†reforms.
The Scottish government previously tried to take the lead, when Nicola Sturgeon led the charge with self-identification reforms.
But, she warns, the danger of politics becoming like wrestling is that it becomes "about the thrill, about the self-identification" rather than about policies and principles.
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