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| 1. | [ noun ] the distinct personality of an individual regarded as a persisting entity | |
| Synonyms: | personal_identity individuality | |
| Examples: | : "you can lose your identity when you join the army" |
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| Related terms: | personality identification personhood gender_identity identify | |
| 2. | [ noun ] collective aspect of the set of characteristics by which a thing is recognizable or known | |
| Related terms: | recognition name | |
| 3. | [ noun ] (mathematics) an operator that leaves unchanged the element on which it operates | |
| Synonyms: | identity_operator identity_element | |
| Examples: | "the identity under numerical multiplication is 1" |
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| Related terms: | operator | |
| 4. | [ noun ] exact sameness | |
| Synonyms: | indistinguishability identicalness | |
| Examples: | "they shared an identity of interests" |
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| Related terms: | sameness oneness selfsameness identify | |
| Similar spelling: |
Identikit identify identifying identically identical identifier identified |
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