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"define themselves as" is a correct and commonly used phrase in written English.
It is typically used when discussing how someone or something perceives and presents themselves. Example: Many teenagers define themselves as independent and rebellious, but they still rely on their parents for financial support.
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Both define themselves as much by what they leave out as by what they put in.
But 73% of Spaniards still define themselves as Catholic.
Do people opposing Chinese policies define themselves as anti-Chinese?
The struggle of ancient societies to define themselves as Western influences encroach.
Although Mediterranean Europeans define themselves as white, they share a long heritage with North Africans.
Better still, studies suggest growing numbers of older people define themselves as floating voters.
She couldn't understand why her employees would define themselves as her opponents.
The protesters, connected to the internet and the modern world, don't define themselves as being separate.
In the 1930s, obstetrician-gynecologists attempted to define themselves as surgeons specializing in women's reproductive organs.
Both of these have left the English with a need to define themselves as such.
Lee, Joe and their friends would never define themselves as privileged.
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