Identify and Term

Identify

Identify verb - To find out or establish the identity of.

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Term and identify are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Term" instead a verb "Identify".

Term verb - To give a name to.

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Identify and term are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Identify" instead a verb "Term".

Nearby Words: termless, termed, termer

Here, "fairy" is used to identify any magical creature that inhabits the Moors, much like how Scandinavian countries would use the term "troll" for a similar purpose.

Source: Our Fairies Are Different
Although to be fair, plenty of modern neopagans are more than willing to use the term to identify themselves, and followers of the old Germanic religion (which goes by several names, most prominently Asatru) use the similar term "Heathen" to refer to themselves.

Source: Cowboy Bebop At His Computer / Myth And Religion
The majority of trans people identify under "transgender", which is a more liberating term for both binary trans people and nonbinary people, who may not seek surgery in the first place, as well as averting the stigmatized term of "transsexual".

Source: Useful Notes / Transgender

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