identify with

phrasal verb

identified with; identifying with; identifies with

1

: to think of (something) as being the same as (something else)

It is a mistake to identify being healthy with being thin.

2

: to think of (someone) as being very closely associated with (something)

She has always been identified with the civil rights movement.

These groups are identified with conservation.

3

: to think of oneself as having the same problems and feelings as someone

Many readers identify with the characters in her novels.

Examples of identify with in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

People who identify with law enforcement, for instance, are more likely to perceive police officers as acting lawfully in video evidence than people who don’t identify with law enforcement are, Ristovska says. —Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 26 Jan. 2026

The Tech Hamiltonians must also find some means of maintaining their strained coalition with the growing universe of disaffected voters, both on the right and on the left, who identify with some form of populism. —Walter Russell Mead, The Atlantic, 24 Jan. 2026

Second, critics point out that the markers identified with merit often are unearned. —Kenji Yoshino, Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2026

By contrast, roughly 1 in 10 Mexicans identify with any branch of Protestantism. —Luis Andres Henao, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2026