self identification

noun

1. identification of oneself with some other person or thing.

verb (used without object)

1. identify(defs 7, 8): to self-identify as gay; to self-identify with others in the same situation.

verb (used with object)

2. identify(defs 4, 6): I’ve never self-identified myself with that radical mentality. She sometimes self-identifies herself with her patients.