self-declare

verb

To declare for oneself.

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Meanings

verbself-declare (third-person singular simple present self-declares, present participle self-declaring, simple past and past participle self-declared)

present singular third person self-declares · participle present self-declaring · participle past self-declared · past self-declared

  1. To declare for oneself.
    1 more example

    The State Department and current Secretary of State Marco Rubio are expressly directed under the injunction to “to process and issue passports [...] consistent with the State Department’s policy as of January 19, 2025,” and to allow passport applicants to self-declare their gender even if that information is “different from the sex assigned to those individuals under the [Trump] Passport Policy.”

    2025 June 18, Samantha Riedel, “In Trans Legal Victory, Federal Judge Blocks Trump Admin From Denying Passport Gender Changes”, in Them

Origin

From self- + declare.

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Cite this entry
APA

self-declare. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-declare

MLA

“self-declare.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-declare. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “self-declare,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-declare.

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