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Discover LudwigThe phrase "afraid to identify" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing someone's reluctance or fear to reveal their identity or to acknowledge something about themselves.
Example: "She was afraid to identify herself in the group, fearing judgment from others."
Alternatives: "hesitant to reveal" or "reluctant to acknowledge".
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Those civilians said they were too afraid to identify themselves.
(Estimates vary widely in part because Roma say they are afraid to identify themselves in surveys).
Pfleger also relies on private donations for other activities, including paying witnesses to name assailants whom others are afraid to identify.
A 78-year-old hunter, who has lived in Evesham all his life, talked about both topics, but was afraid to identify himself for fear of political retribution.
Osborne: "We earn our way in the world if we stop being afraid to identify Britain's strengths and reinforce them, backing industries, like aerospace, energy and pharmaceuticals, creative media and science.
Jacqueline S. Grady Wilmington, Mass., Sept. 22, 2010 To the Editor: Re "Donor Names Stay Secret as Rules Shift" (front page, Sept. 21): One question: If you give money to a candidate you believe in, why are you afraid to identify yourself?
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It's good, solid stuff that it is gratifying to hear someone in her position articulate so strongly, when half the women you meet in public life are afraid even to identify as feminists.
Many of the Jewish students are the school are afraid to openly identify themselves as belonging to the religion, she said.
Her mother Maimuna – that's not her real name, she is afraid to be identified – tells me she was living under Boko Haram control for about a year.
The destitute villagers, as well as officials in the nearby provincial capital, Banda Aceh, are either unsure about the identity of the armed men, who are blamed for a series of killings, looting and arson, or are afraid or unwilling to identify them.
Like many of her neighbors, she said she was afraid to be identified.
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