- self-identification
- noun Date: 1941 identification with someone or something outside oneself
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self-identification — [self′ī den΄tə fi kā′shən] n. the identification of oneself with another person or thing … English World dictionary
self-identification — | ̷ ̷(ˌ) ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun : identification with someone or something outside oneself blasphemous in a man s self identification with the deity H.J.Morgenthau … Useful english dictionary
self-identification — /self uy den teuh fi kay sheuhn, i den , self /, n. identification of oneself with some other person or thing. [1950 55] * * * … Universalium
self-identification — self′ identifica′tion n. identification of oneself with some other person or thing • Etymology: 1950–55 … From formal English to slang
self-identification — noun the attribution of certain characteristics or qualities to oneself … English new terms dictionary
Self-awareness — is the concept that one exists as an individual, separate from other people, with private thoughts. It may also include the understanding that other people are similarly self aware.Self consciousness is credited only with the development of… … Wikipedia
self-i|den|ti|fi|ca|tion — «SEHLF y DEHN tuh fuh KAY shuhn», noun. identification of oneself with another or others: »Hogarth had a sympathy for Trump almost amounting to self identification, as the dog was allowed to steal the foreground of the artist s self portrait… … Useful english dictionary
SELF-HATRED, JEWISH — The phenomenon of self hatred arises among minority groups forced together by outside pressure and produces a negative attitude on the part of members toward their own group, but the very word is absent from important dictionaries of the English… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
self-iden·ti·fi·ca·tion — /ˌsɛlfaıˌdɛntəfəˈkeıʃən/ noun [noncount] 1 : the feeling that you share and understand the problems or experiences of someone else the young teacher s self identification [=identification] with his students 2 : the act of identifying yourself as… … Useful english dictionary
Identification in Burkean rhetoric — Identification is a key term for the discussion of rhetoric in Kenneth Burke A Rhetoric of Motives, in which he uses it to evaluate the traditional perception of rhetoricas persuasion. Essentially, Burke suggests that whenever someone attempts to … Wikipedia
