Define Identity

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identity

20 ENTRIES FOUND:

1. identity
2. identity card
3. identity crisis
4. identity element
5. identity function
6. identity matrix
7. identity philosophy
8. identity politics
9. identity principle
10. identity theft
11. additive identity
12. dissociative identity disorder
13. ego-identity
14. law of identity
15. multiplicative identity
16. old identity
17. personal identity
18. principle of identity
19. self-identity
20. trigonometric identity

iden·ti·ty

 noun \ī-ˈden-tə-tē, ə-, -ˈde-nə-\

: who someone is : the name of a person

: the qualities, beliefs, etc., that make a particular person or group different from others

plural iden·ti·ties

Full Definition of IDENTITY

1

a :  sameness of essential or generic character in different instances

b :  sameness in all that constitutes the objective reality of a thing :  oneness

2

a :  the distinguishing character or personality of an individual:  individuality

b :  the relation established by psychological identification

3

:  the condition of being the same with something described or asserted <establish the identity of stolen goods>

4

:  an equation that is satisfied for all values of the symbols

5

:  identity element

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Examples of IDENTITY

1. The identity of the criminal is not known.
2. They produced their passports as proof of their identities.
3. They arrested the wrong man. It was a case of mistaken identity.
4. As children grow, they establish their own identities.
5. people who seem to lack individual identity
6. His art reflects his cultural identity.

Origin of IDENTITY

Middle French identité, from Late Latin identitat-, identitas,probably from Latin identidem repeatedly, contraction ofidem et idem, literally, same and same

First Known Use: 1570

Related to IDENTITY

Synonyms

identicalness, sameness

Antonyms

difference, disagreement, discrepancy, disparateness,disparity, dissimilarity, unlikeness

Related Words

oneness, selfsameness; homogeneity, homogeneousness,homology; equality, equivalence; accordance, agreement,conformity, congruity, correspondence, likeness,resemblance, similarity

Near Antonyms

alteration, change, modification, variation; distinction,distinctiveness, distinctness, exoticness, individuality,separateness, separation, uniqueness, unusualness;deviance, divergence; variance; incompatibility,incongruence, incongruity, incongruousness; contrast

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Other Psychology Terms

fetish, hypochondria, intelligence, mania, narcissism,neurosis, pathological, psychosis, schadenfreude, subliminal

Rhymes with IDENTITY

amenity, serenity

iden·ti·ty

  noun \ī-ˈden(t)-ət-ē, ə-ˈ\   (Medical Dictionary)

plural iden·ti·ties

Medical Definition of IDENTITY

1: the distinguishing character or personality of an individual

2: the relation established by psychological identification