A broad definition of the term collective identity is the shared sense of “we-ness.” Collective identity is conceptualized as individuals’ identifications of, identifications with, or attachment to certain groups. When used in different contexts, the term “collective identity,” can have different definitions.
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Famous quotes containing the words collective and/or identity:
“There is no such thing as collective guilt.”
—Kurt Waldheim (b. 1918)
“One of the most highly valued functions of used parents these days is to be the villains of their children’s lives, the people the child blames for any shortcomings or disappointments. But if your identity comes from your parents’ failings, then you remain forever a member of the child generation, stuck and unable to move on to an adulthood in which you identify yourself in terms of what you do, not what has been done to you.”
—Frank Pittman (20th century)