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Identity

Identity Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Identity? [n] the distinct personality of an individual regarded as a persisting entity; "you can lose your identity when you join the army" [n] exact sameness; "they shared an identity of interests" [n] the individual characteristics by which a thing or person is recognized or known; "geneticists only recently discovered the identity of the gene that causes it"; "it was too dark to determine his identity"; "she guessed the identity of his lover" [n] an operator that leaves unchanged the element on which it operates; "the identity under numerical multiplication is 1" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Identity: identicalness \| identity element \| identity operator \| indistinguishability \| individuality \| personal identity Related Terms \| Find terms related to Identity: accord \| accordance \| affinity \| agape \| agreement \| alikeness \| alliance \| amity \| analogy \| aping \| approach \| approximation \| assimilation \| balance \| bonds of harmony \| brotherly love \| caritas \| cement of friendship \| charity \| closeness \| coequality \| coextension \| combination \| communion \| community \| community of interests \| comparability \| comparison \| compatibility \| concord \| concordance \| conformity \| congeniality \| congruence \| copying \| correspondence \| credo \| creed \| differentiation \| differentness \| distinctiveness \| egohood \| empathy \| equality \| equation \| equilibrium \| equipoise \| equipollence \| equiponderance \| equity \| equivalence \| equivalency \| esprit \| esprit de corps \| evenness \| feeling of identity \| fellow feeling \| fellowship \| frictionlessness \| fusion \| good vibes \| good vibrations \| happy family \| harmony \| human factor \| ideology \| imitation \| indistinguishability \| individualism \| individuality \| indivisibility \| intactness \| integrality \| integration \| integrity \| inviolability \| irreducibility \| justice \| kinship \| levelness \| like-mindedness \| likeness \| likening \| love \| metaphor \| mimicking \| mutuality \| nearness \| nominalism \| nonconformity \| oneness \| organic unity \| outlook \| par \| parallelism \| parity \| particularism \| particularity \| peace \| personal equation \| personal identity \| personality \| personship \| philosophy \| poise \| proportion \| purity \| rapport \| rapprochement \| reciprocity \| resemblance \| sameness \| selfhood \| self-identity \| selfness \| selfsameness \| semblance \| sharing \| similarity \| simile \| similitude \| simplicity \| simulation \| singleness \| singularity \| solidarity \| solidification \| solidity \| soul \| symmetry \| sympathy \| symphony \| team spirit \| unanimity \| understanding \| undividedness \| unification \| uniformity \| union \| uniqueness \| unison \| unity \| univocity \| view \| weltanschauung \| wholeness See Also \| gender identity \| identification \| identification \| oneness \| operator \| personality \| personhood \| recognition \| sameness \| selfsameness \| unity Identity In Webster's Dictionary \Iden"tity\, n.; pl. {Identities}. [F. identit['e], LL. identitas, fr. L. idem the same, from the root of is he, that; cf. Skr. idam this. Cf. {Item}.] 1. The state or quality of being identical, or the same; sameness. Identity is a relation between our cognitions of a thing, not between things themselves. --Sir W. Hamilton. 2. The condition of being the same with something described or asserted, or of possessing a character claimed; as, to establish the identity of stolen goods. 3. (Math.) An identical equation.

Identity Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Identity?

[n] the distinct personality of an individual regarded as a persisting entity; "you can lose your identity when you join the army"
[n] exact sameness; "they shared an identity of interests"
[n] the individual characteristics by which a thing or person is recognized or known; "geneticists only recently discovered the identity of the gene that causes it"; "it was too dark to determine his identity"; "she guessed the identity of his lover"
[n] an operator that leaves unchanged the element on which it operates; "the identity under numerical multiplication is 1"

Identity In Webster's Dictionary

\I*den"ti*ty\, n.; pl. {Identities}. [F. identit['e],
LL. identitas, fr. L. idem the same, from the root of is he,
that; cf. Skr. idam this. Cf. {Item}.]
1. The state or quality of being identical, or the same;
   sameness.

         Identity is a relation between our cognitions of a
         thing, not between things themselves. --Sir W.
                                               Hamilton.

2. The condition of being the same with something described
   or asserted, or of possessing a character claimed; as, to
   establish the identity of stolen goods.

3. (Math.) An identical equation.

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