disidentification
disidentification noun: the act of disidentifying, or rejecting a personal or group identity.
Noun
disidentification (countable and uncountable, plural disidentifications)
- The act of disidentifying, or rejecting a personal or group identity.
- Nixon, Cypher, and Heche are all proponents of gay rights and have expressed no shame about or disidentification from their same-sex relationships.2015, Jane Ward, Not Gay, New York University Press, →ISBN, page 19
- The same applies to the tempestuous rows within internet communities, where toxic pulsions of identification and disidentification generate passionate solidarities and sudden explosions of hostilities.2020 [2019], Richard Seymour, The Twittering Machine, Verso Books, →ISBN, page 99
Forms of disidentification
| plural | disidentifications |
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Origin of disidentification
From dis- + identification.
Questions about disidentification
- What does disidentification mean?
- Disidentification means the act of disidentifying, or rejecting a personal or group identity.
- What part of speech is disidentification?
- Disidentification is a noun.
- What is the plural of disidentification?
- The plural of disidentification is disidentifications.
Words near disidentification in the dictionary
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