to identify as
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4.1
- phrasal verb
- /aɪˈdɛntɪfaɪ æz/
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identificarse como
- Many people today choose to identify as non-binary, reflecting a broader understanding of gender.
- self-identify as
- identify as gay
- identify as lesbian
Some people don't want to identify as a he.
- Some people don't want to identify as a he.
- That whole thing of identifying as something that you're not.
- How do we reach out to those who identify as LGBT or queer?
- I, I have a child who is recently identifying as non binary.
- I enjoy the work and I never identified as a tormented artist.
- I mean, I, I truly identify as a patriot.
- Your friend who is male or identifies as male.
- A trans man feels and identifies as a man.
- Why are we constantly prop, you know, propping up trans women that identify as lesbians and not females?
- But that you, you early on you moved you you're basically you identify as an Atlanta native.
- Just because you claim a place's Ukraine, it doesn't mean all the people identify as Ukrainian.
- It's a very different thing to identify as God.
- They are men who claim to be women, feel they are women or identify as women or all of those three things.
Examples
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How do we reach out to those who identify as LGBT or queer?
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And then secondly, when did you begin to identify as an artist?
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So you grow up as a girl, raised as a girl, identify as female today as well, right.
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If you identify as a sex worker, more power to you.
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What made you identify as trans for four years?
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Some people don't want to identify as a he.
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I, I have a child who is recently identifying as non binary.
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Other women expressed reluctance to identify as a student for different reasons.
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They're not Korean, but they identify as Korean.
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Though Torpy was raised Catholic, he never accepted the instruction and identified as an atheist from an early age.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
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4.9
Openly and confidently say you belong to a group
Antonyms
How Identified
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to recognize or describe oneself as belonging to a particular group' is directly derivable from 'identify' (to recognize/consider oneself) combined with the marker 'as' that introduces a category or role. This composition follows a common cross-linguistic pattern (identify + AS-category) so a B1 learner who knows the parts would readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Identify as comes from the simple image of someone pointing to a name tag or badge and saying 'I am X'. The verb identify is like showing who you are and as marks the role, so to identify as means to say you belong to or see yourself as part of a group.