identity
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i·den·ti·ty 
[ahy-den-ti-tee, i-den-] Pronunciation Key
[ahy-den-ti-tee, i-den-] Pronunciation Key –noun, plural -ties.
| 1. | the state or fact of remaining the same one or ones, as under varying aspects or conditions: The identity of the fingerprints on the gun with those on file provided evidence that he was the killer. |
| 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 and sometimes disturbed in mental illnesses, as schizophrenia. |
| 6. | exact likeness in nature or qualities: an identity of interests. |
| 7. | an instance or point of sameness or likeness: to mistake resemblances for identities. |
| 8. | Logic. an assertion that two terms refer to the same thing. |
| 9. | Mathematics.
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| 10. | Australian Informal. an interesting, famous, or eccentric resident, usually of long standing in a community. |
[Origin: 1560–70; < LL identitās, equiv. to L ident(idem) repeatedly, again and again, earlier *idem et idem (idem neut. of īdem the same + et and) + -itās -ity]
] —Synonyms 5. individuality, personality, distinctiveness, uniqueness.
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| i·den·ti·ty
(ī-děn'tĭ-tē) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. i·den·ti·ties
[French identité, from Old French identite, from Late Latin identitās, from Latin idem, the same (influenced by Late Latin essentitās, being, and identidem, repeatedly), from id, it; see i- in Indo-European roots.] |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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identity
1570, from M.Fr. identité (14c.), from L.L. (5c.) identitatem (nom. identitas) "sameness," from ident-, comb. form of L. idem (neut.) "the same" (see identical); abstracted from identidem "over and over," from phrase idem et idem. Term identity crisis first recorded 1954.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| identity | |
noun | |
| 1. | the distinct personality of an individual regarded as a persisting entity; "you can lose your identity when you join the army" |
| 2. | 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" |
| 3. | an operator that leaves unchanged the element on which it operates; "the identity under numerical multiplication is 1" |
| 4. | exact sameness; "they shared an identity of interests" |
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American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
identity i·den·ti·ty (ī-děn'tĭ-tē)
n.
- The set of behavioral or personal characteristics by which an individual is recognizable as a member of a group.
- The distinct personality of an individual regarded as a persisting entity; individuality.
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Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law - Cite This Source - Share This
Main Entry: iden·ti·ty
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -ties
1 : sameness of essential character or aspectidentity of the issues and the parties>
2 a : separate or distinct existenceidentity or become an integral part of the immovable —Louisiana Civil Code> b : distinguishing character of a person; especially : information (as a name or address) that distinguishes a person identity of an informer> identity of the proper party —Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 15(c)>
3 : the condition of being the same as a thing or person described, claimed, or accusedidentity of a crime's perpetrator>
Main Entry: iden·ti·ty
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -ties
1 : sameness of essential character or aspect
2 a : separate or distinct existence
3 : the condition of being the same as a thing or person described, claimed, or accused
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Identity
I*den"ti*ty\, n.; pl. Identities. [F. identit['e], LL. identitas, fr. L. idem the same, from the root of is he, that; cf. Skr. idam this. Cf. Item.]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. (Math.) An identical equation.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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