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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024i•den•ti•ty /aɪˈdɛntɪti, ɪˈdɛn-/USA pronunciation n., pl. -ties. - the state or fact of remaining the same;
the condition of being oneself or itself, and not another:[uncountable]After his amnesia he doubted his own identity. - condition or character as to who a person is or what a thing is: [uncountable]a case of mistaken identity.[countable]the identity of the rape victim.
- Psychology the sense of self, providing a feeling of sameness and continuity;
individuality:[uncountable]the searching for cultural identity. - the state or fact of being the same one as described: [uncountable]to establish identity of stolen property.[countable]an identity of interests.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024i•den•ti•ty (ī den′ti tē, i den′-),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ties. - 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.
- the condition of being oneself or itself, and not another:He doubted his own identity.
- condition or character as to who a person or what a thing is:a case of mistaken identity.
- the state or fact of being the same one as described.
- Psychologythe sense of self, providing sameness and continuity in personality over time and sometimes disturbed in mental illnesses, as schizophrenia.
- exact likeness in nature or qualities:an identity of interests.
- an instance or point of sameness or likeness:to mistake resemblances for identities.
- Philosophy[Logic.]an assertion that two terms refer to the same thing.
- Mathematics
- an equation that is valid for all values of its variables.
- MathematicsAlso called identity element, unit element, unity. an element in a set such that the element operating on any other element of the set leaves the second element unchanged.
- Mathematicsthe property of a function or map such that each element is mapped into itself.
- Mathematicsthe function or map itself.
- British Terms[Australian Informal.]an interesting, famous, or eccentric resident, usually of long standing in a community.
- Late Latin identitās, equivalent. to Latin ident(idem) repeatedly, again and again, earlier *idem et idem (idem neuter of īdem the same + et and) + -itās -ity
- 1560–70
- 5.See corresponding entry in Unabridged individuality, personality, distinctiveness, uniqueness.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: identity /aɪˈdɛntɪtɪ/ n ( pl -ties)- the state of having unique identifying characteristics held by no other person or thing
- the individual characteristics by which a person or thing is recognized
- Also called: qualitative identity the state of being the same in nature, quality, etc: they were linked by the identity of their tastes
- 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
- an equation that is valid for all values of its variables, as in (x – y)(x + y) = x² – y². Often denoted by the symbol ≡
- 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
- Austral NZ informal a well-known person, esp in a specified locality; figure (esp in the phrase an old identity)
Etymology: 16th Century: from Late Latin identitās, from Latin idem the same |