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What does self-identify mean?

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Verb
  1. (transitive, chiefly in passive, or reflexive) To identify (oneself) with a particular person or group, or as part of a particular group. [from 19th c.]
  2. (intransitive) To identify oneself as belonging to a particular group or category of people. [from 20th c.]
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Select 'Yes' if you wish to self-identify, or 'No' if you do not belong to the group or you choose to not self-identify.
Based on this definition, do you wish to self-identify as an aboriginal person?
It is literally illegal to be gay, and so to self-identify is to risk imprisonment.
There are several interesting issues here, such as the much-vaunted discovery that Army colonels increasingly self-identify as Republicans.
It is about encouraging new members to self-identify, and to join this new Network.
McCarthy, who used to self-identify as a Democrat, now calls herself an Independent.

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