Lexic.us

Definition of Identity

1. Noun. The distinct personality of an individual regarded as a persisting entity. "You can lose your identity when you join the army"

2. Noun. The individual characteristics by which a thing or person is recognized or known. "She guessed the identity of his lover"

3. Noun. An operator that leaves unchanged the element on which it operates. "The identity under numerical multiplication is 1"

4. Noun. Exact sameness. "They shared an identity of interests"

Definition of Identity

1. n. The state or quality of being identical, or the same; sameness.

Definition of Identity

1. the essential character of a person or thing [n -TIES]

Medical Definition of Identity

1. 1. The state or quality of being identical, or the same; sameness. "Identity is a relation between our cognitions of a thing, not between things themselves." (Sir W. Hamilton) 2. The condition of being the same with something described or asserted, or of possessing a character claimed; as, to establish the identity of stolen goods. 3. An identical equation. Origin: F. Identite, LL. Identitas, fr. L. Idem the same, from the root of is he, that; cf. Skr. Idam this. Cf. Item. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Identity

identification identifications identification number identified identifier identifiers identifies identify identifying identifying(a)

Identikit Identikit picture identism identities identity (current term) identity (current term) identity card identity crisis identity crisis identity disorder

identity element identity matrix identity matrix identity operator identity theft identity verification ideo- ideogenical ideogram ideogramic

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