单词 | self-identifying |
释义 | self-identifyingadj. 1. That provides self-identity (self-identity n. 1). Also: that enables a person or thing to be identified. ΚΠ 1839 Odd Fellow 23 Feb. 32/1 We have frequently been much struck at witnessing how self-identifying are the above pursuits. 1891 Boston Daily Globe 24 Apr. 8/4 The philosophy..doesn't admit of any self-identifying interest in anything human, such as wife and family and hopes of worldly wealth and progress. 1917 System Nov. 739/1 The feature of the check..is a self-identifying device which insures to the holder the power to collect every cent of its face value. 1963 N. Frye Romanticism Reconsidered 14 The self-identifying admiration which so many Romantics expressed for Napoleon. 1992 Raritan Summer 8 To be tortured out of monadic self-containment into a self-identifying speech is to become the brutally authoritative voice that summons others into speech. 2016 Independent (Nexis) 12 Sept. They are known to have a self-identifying whistle and to communicate phrases to other dolphins in a pod. 2. Identifying or describing oneself as belonging to a particular category or group of people; assigning oneself a particular characteristic or categorization. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > consciousness > subjectivity, relation to self > condition of being between minds > [adjective] > identifying outside self self-identifying1959 1959 Daily News (Huntingdon, Pa.) 18 Aug. 5/2 Rugged individualism as represented by small self-identifying labor groups can no longer match the resources and forces of consolidated big business. 1976 H. Wilson Governance of Brit. iv. 92 His post-box will include hundreds of letters a week from self-identifying officials or members of local organizations of his party. 2014 Columbia Spectator (Columbia Univ, N.Y.) (Nexis) 23 Oct. 1 Though Caleb came to Barnard as a self-identifying woman, by sophomore year he began his transition to male. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1839 |
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