| opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church, esp. the Anglican Church in 19th-century England. |
| a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C14H9Cl5, usually derived from chloral by reaction with chlorobenzene in the presence of fuming sulfuric acid: used as an insecticide and as a scabicide and pediculicide: agricultural use prohibited in the U.S. |
identification (aɪˌdɛntɪfɪˈkeɪʃən) ![]() | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the act of identifying or the state of being identified |
| 2. | a. something that identifies a person or thing |
| b. (as modifier): an identification card | |
| 3. | psychol |
| a. the process of recognizing specific objects as the result of remembering | |
| b. See also empathy the process by which one incorporates aspects of another person's personality | |
| c. See also generalization the transferring of a response from one situation to another because the two bear similar features | |
identification i·den·ti·fi·ca·tion (ī-děn'tə-fĭ-kā'shən)
n.
A person's association with the qualities, characteristics, or views of another person or group.
An unconscious process by which a person transfers the response appropriate to a particular person or group to a different person or group.