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Identity Giving

IDENTITY GIVING
Telling a person who or what they are or also treating them in certain ways to improve or deteriorate their identity and get them to do or not do something.
Some religions tell their followers they are "sinners"; other religions tell their followers they are "the chosen." Compliments such as "you are the best," or insults such as "you are a fucking idiot" are also examples of "identity giving".
by but for June 30, 2020
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identity washing

The process of allowing newly obtained information, over a period of time, to change your beliefs in such a way that are you no longer capable of seeing differently than your beliefs.
After graduating from college, it was clear to her friends that Karen had been identity washing herself; she would become enraged if you disagreed with her.
by The Sarcastic Republican September 30, 2020
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identity transference

A marketing method that shifts the consumer's identity from the consumer to a product to get the consumer to buy it and love it.
Identity transference is a way that marketers distort reality by getting potential car buyers to come to feel that they can become the car they want to buy. After they buy it, they feel they are one with it, and happily spend money to maintain it in the best condition (sometimes better than themselves).
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Identity-giving

Treating someone in certain ways to give them an identity that is better or worse than the one they have.
An example of identity-giving is when one day, someone treats someone else as if they were a genius, then on another day that person treats the person in ways that say that person is fool.
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Identity-giving

Treating someone in certain ways to give them an identity that is better or worse than the one they have.
After people's appearance, the next thing that comes into play when they interact is the identity each person has of themselves. As they interact, people project their identity and in subtle ways, verbally or nonverbally, others accept or reject it, and sometimes they attempt to give the other person the identity they think they should have of themselves, and that identity can be better or worse than the one the person has of themselves. An example of identity-giving is when one day, someone treats someone else as if they were a genius.
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Identifier

An identifier is someone who makes the choice to live or view themselves in a certain way or manner.
As an identifier , I feel more like a free spirited wave.
by Science based February 1, 2021
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identity baiting

An act to promotes discrimination or triggering moral panic about identity issues (politics, religions, ethnicities, races, economical, social hierarchies, sexual orientations/preferences, etc.), oftentimes for individual/group/political advantage
List of identity baiting:
Race-baiting
Political-baiting
Ethnicity-baiting
Religion-baiting
Caste-baiting
Queer-baiting
Kink-baiting
Etc.
by Sir. B August 22, 2021
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