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i·den·ti·ty
(ī-dĕn′tĭ-tē)n. pl. i·den·ti·ties
1.
a. The condition of being a certain person or thing: What is the identity of the author of the manuscript?
b. The set of characteristics by which a person or thing is definitively recognizable or known: "The identity of the nation had ... been keenly contested in the period of nationalist opposition to Imperial rule" (Judith M. Brown).
c. The awareness that an individual or group has of being a distinct, persisting entity: "He felt more at home thousands of miles from Britain than he did in an English village four miles from his home ... Was he losing his identity?" (Robert Fallon).
2.
a. The fact or condition of being the same as something else: The identity of the two handwriting samples was established by an expert.
b. The fact or condition of being associated or affiliated with something else: the identity between mass and energy.
3. Information, such as an identification number, used to establish or prove a person's individuality, as in providing access to a credit account.
4. Mathematics
a. An equation that is satisfied by any number that replaces the letter for which the equation is defined.
b. Identity element.
[French identité, from Old French identite, from Late Latin identitās, from Latin idem, the same (influenced by Late Latin essentitās, being, identidem, repeatedly), from id, it; see i- in Indo-European roots.]
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identity
(aɪˈdɛntɪtɪ)n, pl -ties
1. the state of having unique identifying characteristics held by no other person or thing
2. the individual characteristics by which a person or thing is recognized
3. Also called: numerical identity the property of being one and the same individual: his loss of memory did not affect his identity.
4. Also called: qualitative identity the state of being the same in nature, quality, etc: they were linked by the identity of their tastes.
5. the state of being the same as a person or thing described or claimed: the identity of the stolen goods has not yet been established.
6. identification of oneself as: moving to London destroyed his Welsh identity.
7. (Logic) logic
a. that relation that holds only between any entity and itself
b. an assertion that that relation holds, as Cicero is Tully
8. (Mathematics) maths
a. an equation that is valid for all values of its variables, as in (x – y)(x + y) = x2 – y2. Often denoted by the symbol ≡
b. Also called: identity element a member of a set that when operating on another member, x, produces that member x: the identity for multiplication of numbers is 1 since x.1 = 1.x = x. See also inverse2b
9. informal Austral and NZ a well-known person, esp in a specified locality; figure (esp in the phrase an old identity)
[C16: from Late Latin identitās, from Latin idem the same]
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i•den•ti•ty
(aɪˈdɛn tɪ ti, ɪˈdɛn-)n., pl. -ties.
1. the state or fact of remaining the same one, as under varying aspects or conditions.
2. the condition of being oneself or itself, and not another: He doubted his own identity.
3. condition or character as to who a person or what a thing is: a case of mistaken identity.
4. the state or fact of being the same one as described.
5. the sense of self, providing sameness and continuity in personality over time.
6. exact likeness in nature or qualities: an identity of interests.
7. an instance or point of sameness or likeness.
8. Logic. an assertion that two terms refer to the same thing.
9. Math.
a. an equation that is valid for all values of its variables.
b. Also called iden′tity el`ement. an element in a set such that the element operating on any other element of the set leaves the second element unchanged.
[1560–70; < Late Latin identitās= Latin ident(idem) repeatedly, again and again (earlier *idem et idem) + -itās -ity]
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| Noun | 1. | identity - the distinct personality of an individual regarded as a persisting entity; "you can lose your identity when you join the army" personality - the complex of all the attributes--behavioral, temperamental, emotional and mental--that characterize a unique individual; "their different reactions reflected their very different personalities"; "it is his nature to help others" gender identity - your identity as it is experienced with regard to your individuality as male or female; awareness normally begin in infancy and is reinforced during adolescence identification - the attribution to yourself (consciously or unconsciously) of the characteristics of another person (or group of persons) personhood - being a person; "finding her own personhood as a campus activist" |
| 2. | identity - the individual characteristics by which a thing or person is recognized or known; "geneticists only recently discovered the identity of the gene that causes it"; "it was too dark to determine his identity"; "she guessed the identity of his lover" recognition, identification - the process of recognizing something or someone by remembering; "a politician whose recall of names was as remarkable as his recognition of faces"; "experimental psychologists measure the elapsed time from the onset of the stimulus to its recognition by the observer" | |
| 3. | identity - an operator that leaves unchanged the element on which it operates; "the identity under numerical multiplication is 1" operator - (mathematics) a symbol or function representing a mathematical operation | |
| 4. | identity - exact sameness; "they shared an identity of interests" sameness - the quality of being alike; "sameness of purpose kept them together" selfsameness - the quality of being identical with itself |
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identity
noun
1. name, details, specification The police soon established his true identity.
2. individuality, self, character, personality, existence, distinction, originality, peculiarity, uniqueness, oneness, singularity, separateness, distinctiveness, selfhood, particularity I wanted a sense of my own identity.
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
identity
noun1. The set of behavioral or personal characteristics by which an individual is recognizable:
2. The quality or condition of being exactly the same as something else:
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Translations
هَوِيَّةٌهَويَّه، شَخْصِيَّه
totožnost
identitet
henkilöllisyysidentiteettiidentiteettialkioidenttinen funktio
identitet
òaî aî vera tiltekinn maîur
身元
정체성
asmens liudijimas
identitāte
identiteta
identitet
เอกลักษณ์
danh tính
identity
[aɪˈdentɪtɪ]A. N (all senses) → identidad f
a case of mistaken identity → un caso de identificación errónea
to withhold sb's identity → silenciar la identidad de algn
a case of mistaken identity → un caso de identificación errónea
to withhold sb's identity → silenciar la identidad de algn
B. CPD identity bracelet N → pulsera f identificativa, brazalete m identificativo
identity card N → carnet m de identidad, cédula f (de identidad) (LAm)
identity crisis N → crisis f inv de identidad
identity disc N → chapa f de identidad
identity papers NPL → documentos mpl de identidad, documentación f
identity parade N = identification parade
identity card N → carnet m de identidad, cédula f (de identidad) (LAm)
identity crisis N → crisis f inv de identidad
identity disc N → chapa f de identidad
identity papers NPL → documentos mpl de identidad, documentación f
identity parade N = identification parade
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
identity
[aɪˈdɛntɪti] n (fact of who one is) [person] → identité f
to establish sb's identity → établir l'identité de qn identity card
to establish sb's identity → établir l'identité de qn identity card
(= sense of oneself, individuality) [person, race, nation] → identité f
Palestinians see Jerusalem as a symbol of national identity → Les Palestiniens voient en Jérusalem le symbole de leur identité nationale. identity crisisidentity card ID card n → carte f d'identitéidentity crisis n → crise f d'identitéidentity papers ID papers npl → papiers mpl d'identitéidentity parade ID parade n (British) → séance f d'identification, parade f d'identificationidentity theft ID theft n → vol m d'identité
Palestinians see Jerusalem as a symbol of national identity → Les Palestiniens voient en Jérusalem le symbole de leur identité nationale. identity crisisidentity card ID card n → carte f d'identitéidentity crisis n → crise f d'identitéidentity papers ID papers npl → papiers mpl d'identitéidentity parade ID parade n (British) → séance f d'identification, parade f d'identificationidentity theft ID theft n → vol m d'identité
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
identity
n
→ Identität f; to prove one’s identity → sich ausweisen; a driving licence will be accepted as proof of identity → ein Führerschein genügt, um sich auszuweisen; proof of identity (= permit) → Legitimation f; a sense of identity → ein Bewusstsein nt → der eigenen Identität ? mistaken
(= identicalness) → Gleichheit f, → Übereinstimmung f, → Identität f; identity of interest → Interessengleichheit f
identity
:identity bracelet
n → Identitätsarmband nt
identity card
n → Ausweis m; (state-issued) → Personalausweis m
identity crisis
n → Identitätskrise f
identity disc
n (Brit Mil) → Erkennungsmarke f; (for dogs) → Hundemarke f
identity papers
pl → Ausweispapiere pl
identity parade
n → Gegenüberstellung f
identity theft
n (Internet) → Identitätsraub m (Straftat, bei der die Identität einer anderen Person vorgegeben wird, auf deren Kosten im Internet eingekauft wird)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
identity
(aiˈdentəti) noun who or what a person is. The police are still uncertain of the murderer's identity.
iˈdentity card a card with a person's name (often also with a photograph) which is carried to show or prove who he/she is.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
identity
→ هَوِيَّةٌ totožnost identitet Identität ταυτότητα identidad henkilöllisyys identité identitet identità 身元 정체성 identiteit identitet tożsamość identidade индивидуальность identitet เอกลักษณ์ kimlik danh tính 身份Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
i·den·ti·ty
n. identidad, reconocimiento propio;
___ crisis → crisis de ___.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
identity
n (pl -ties) identidad f; — crisis crisis f de identidadEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.