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   I·den·ti·ty

   /īˈden(t)ədē/

   

   noun

   • 1. the fact of being who or what a person or thing is: "he knows the identity of the bombers" Similar namespecificationidentificationrecognitionnamingsingling outpicking outpinpointingplacingdiscerningdistinguishinginformal:fingering
   • ▪ the characteristics determining who or what a person or thing is: "attempts to define a distinct Canadian identity" Similar individualityselfselfhoodegopersonalitycharacteroriginalitydistinctivenessdistinctionsingularitypeculiarityuniquenessdifferentness
   • ▪ (of an object) serving to establish who the holder, owner, or wearer is by bearing their name and often other details such as a signature or photograph: "an identity card"
   • 2. a close similarity or affinity: "the initiative created an identity between the city and the suburbs" Similar identicalnesssamenessselfsamenessonenesscongruitycongruenceindistinguishabilityinterchangeabilitylikenessalikenessuniformitysimilarityclosenessaccordancealignmentparallelismsymmetryOpposite mismatch
   • 3. a transformation that leaves an object unchanged.
   • ▪ an element of a set which, if combined with another element by a specified binary operation, leaves that element unchanged.
   • 4. the equality of two expressions for all values of the quantities expressed by letters, or an equation expressing this, e.g. (x + 1)2 = x 2 + 2x + 1.

   Word Origin late 16th century (in the sense ‘quality of being identical’): from late Latin identitas, from Latin idem ‘same’.

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