Word: Identity
How to pronounce: aɪˈdentɪtɪ
Noun
Definitions:
1. The fact of being who or what a person or thing is.
Example sentences: "He knows the identity of the bombers"
2. A close similarity or affinity.
Example sentences: "The initiative created an identity between the city and the suburbs"
3. A transformation that leaves an object unchanged.An element of a set which, if combined with another element by a specified binary operation, leaves that element unchanged.
Example sentences: "Any object, indeed any molecule, will contain at least one of these symmetry elements - the operation C 1 known as the identity operation - a rotation of 360°, the equivalent of doing nothing."
4. The equality of two expressions for all values of the quantities expressed by letters, or an equation expressing this, e.g. (x + 1)² = x² + 2x + 1.
Synonyms:
personality
individuality
persona
selfhood
personal
personal identity
individualism
character
originality
uniqueness
distinctiveness
distinctive character
oneness
authenticity
authentication
genuineness
affiliation
sameness
identical relation
identicalness
identity element
belonging
indistinguishability
Antonyms:
nonidentity
Derivations:
identification
identifier
identify
identified
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Identity in Other Languages...
Spanish: Identidad
German: Identität
French: Identité
Italian: Identit
Turkish: Kimlik
