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Definition of Identification

1. Noun. The act of designating or identifying something.

2. Noun. Evidence of identity; something that identifies a person or thing.

3. Noun. The condition of having the identity (of a person or object) established. "Identification of the gun was an important clue"

4. Noun. The process of recognizing something or someone by remembering. "Experimental psychologists measure the elapsed time from the onset of the stimulus to its recognition by the observer"

5. Noun. The attribution to yourself (consciously or unconsciously) of the characteristics of another person (or group of persons).

Definition of Identification

1. n. The act of identifying, or proving to be the same; also, the state of being identified.

Definition of Identification

1. Noun. The act of identifying, or proving to be the same. ¹

2. Noun. The state of being identified. ¹

3. Noun. A particular instance of identifying something. ¹

4. Noun. A document or documents serving as evidence of a person's identity. ¹

5. Noun. A feeling of support, sympathy, understanding or belonging towards somebody or something. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Identification

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Identification

1. An unconscious defense mechanism by which an individual endeavors to pattern himself after another person. This process is also important in the development of the personality, particularly the superego or conscience, which is modeled largely on the behaviour of adult significant others. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Identification

identarian identic identical identical twin identically identically zero identicalness identicalnesses identicals identicial

identick identifiability identifiable identifiably identification identification division identification friend or foe identification number identification space identification spaces

identifications identificatory identified identifier identifiers identifies identify identifying identifying(a)

Literary usage of Identification

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Science of Fingerprints: Classification and Uses (1988)
"The establishment of the FBI Identification Division resulted from the fact ... The Federal Bureau of Investigation offers identification services free of ..."

2. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1909)
"ШХ Shirley's identification of this Wiclif whk the reformer would be ... The principal objection to the identification of this John Wyclif with the reformer ..."

3. The Negro in Chicago: A Study of Race Relations and a Race Riot by Chicago Commission on Race Relations (1922)
"In proportion to total arrests about twice as many Negroes as whites were taken to the Identification Bureau. Explanations of this disproportion by ..."

4. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by Anna Lorraine Guthrie, Marion A. Knight, H.W. Wilson Company, Estella E. Painter (1920)
"766-97 Л 15-Ag 15 '19 Identification Canadian criminal Identification bureau. JM Sullivan. J Crlm Law 8:459-63 S '17 Case of Identity. ..."

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