Lexic.us

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. [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

idee fixe idem idempotent idempotents identic identical identical identically identicalness identicalnesses

identical twin identical twins identifiable identifiably identification (current term) identification (current term) identifications identification number identified identifier

identifiers identifies identify identifying identifying(a) Identikit Identikit picture identism identities identity

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