i·den·ti·ty ( -d n t -t )n. pl. i·den·ti·ties 1. The collective aspect of the set of characteristics by which a thing is definitively recognizable or known: "If the broadcast group is the financial guts of the company, the news division is its public identity" (Bill Powell). 2. The set of behavioral or personal characteristics by which an individual is recognizable as a member of a group. 3. The quality or condition of being the same as something else. 4. The distinct personality of an individual regarded as a persisting entity; individuality. 5. Information, such as an identification number, used to establish or prove a person's individuality, as in providing access to a credit account. 6. 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 identit  s, from Latin idem, the same (influenced by Late Latin essentits, being, and identidem, repeatedly), from id, it; see i- in Indo-European roots.] |
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. (Philosophy / 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 inverse [2b]
9. Austral and NZ informal a well-known person, esp in a specified locality; figure (esp in the phrase an old identity)
[from Late Latin identitās, from Latin idem the same]
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| 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 |
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.
Translations
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
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 crisis
identity card ID card n → carte f d'identité
identity crisis n → crise f d'identité
identity papers ID papers npl → papiers mpl d'identité
identity parade ID parade n (British) → séance f d'identification, parade f d'identification
identity 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 crisis
identity card ID card n → carte f d'identité
identity crisis n → crise f d'identité
identity papers ID papers npl → papiers mpl d'identité
identity parade ID parade n (British) → séance f d'identification, parade f d'identification
identity theft ID theft n → vol m d'identité
identity
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)
n identity [aiˈdentəti]
who or what a person is The police are still uncertain of the murderer's identity. identiteit هَويَّه، شَخْصِيَّه идентичност totožnost identitet die Identität ταυτότητα identidad isikukuuluvus هویت identiteetti identité זֶהוּת पहचान identitet személyazonosság identitas það að vera tiltekinn maður identità 身元 신원, 본인임 asmenybė identitāte identiti identiteit identitet tożsamość identidade identitate личность totožnosť identiteta identitet identitet ความเหมือนกัน kimlik, hüviyet 身份 особа شناخت nhân dạng 身份
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. identiteitsdokument بِطاقَة هويَّه карта за самоличност průkaz totožnosti identitetskort der Personalausweis δελτίο ταυτότητας Documento Nacional de Identidad (DNI) isikutunnistus کارت شناسایی henkilöllisyystodistus carte d'identité תְעוּדַת זֶהוּת परिचय पत्र osobna iskaznica azonosító/azonossági kártya kartu identitas, kartu tanda penduduk nafnskírteini; skilríki carta d'identità 身分証明書 신분증 asmens liudijimas personas apliecība kad pengenalan identiteitskaart identitets-/legimitasjonskort dowód tożsamości bilhete de identidade carte de identitate удостоверение личности preukaz totožnosti osebna izkaznica lična karta identitetskort, legitimation บัตรประชาชน kimlik kartı, hüviyet cüzdanı 身份證 посвідка особи شناخت کارڈ thẻ căn cước 身份证
identity → هَويّة totožnost identitet Identität ταυτότητα identidad henkilöllisyys identité identitet identità 身元 정체성 identiteit identitet tożsamość identidade идентичность identitet เอกลักษณ์ kimlik danh tính 身份
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