Definitions for Identity
aɪˈdɛn tɪ ti, ɪˈdɛn-iden·ti·ty

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.6 / 10 votes

1. identity, personal identity, individualitynoun

   the distinct personality of an individual regarded as a persisting entity

   "you can lose your identity when you join the army"

2. identitynoun

   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. identity, identity element, identity operatornoun

   an operator that leaves unchanged the element on which it operates

   "the identity under numerical multiplication is 1"

4. identity, identicalness, indistinguishabilitynoun

   exact sameness

   "they shared an identity of interests"

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. identitynoun

   The sameness some individuals share to make up the same kind or universal.

2. identitynoun

   The difference or character that marks off an individual from the rest of the same kind, selfhood.

3. identitynoun

   A name or personathe mask or appearance one presents to the worldby which one is known.

   This criminal has taken on several identities

4. identitynoun

   Knowledge of who one is.

5. identitynoun

   Any function which maps all elements of its domain to themselves.

6. identitynoun

   An element of an algebraic structure which, when applied to another element under an operation in that structure, yields this, second element.

7. Etymology: Learned borrowing from Vulgar Latin identitas, from idem. See identical and idem.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Identitynoun

   Sameness; not diversity.

   Etymology: identité, French; identitas, school Latin.

   There is a fallacy of equivocation from a society in name, inferring an identity in nature: by this fallacy was he deceived that drank aqua-fortis for strong water. Thomas Browne, Vulg. Errours.

   Certainly those actions must needs be regular, where there is an identity between the rule and the faculty. Robert South, Serm.

   Considering any thing as existing, at any determined time and place, we compare it with itself existing at another time, and thereon form the ideas of identity and diversity. John Locke.

   It cuts off the sense at the end of every first line, which must always rhime to the next following, and consequently produces too frequent an identity in sound, and brings every couplet to the point of an epigram. Matthew Prior.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 2 votes

1. Identitynoun

   the state or quality of being identical, or the same; sameness

2. Identitynoun

   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. Identitynoun

   an identical equation

4. Etymology: [F. identit, LL. identitas, fr. L. idem the same, from the root of is he, that; cf. Skr. idam this. Cf. Item.]

FreebaseRate this definition:4.0 / 3 votes

1. Identity

   In psychology and sociology, identity is a person's conception and expression of their individuality or group affiliations. The concept is given a great deal of attention in social psychology and is important in place identity.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. Identity

   ī-den′ti-ti, n. state of being the same: sameness.—adj. Iden′tical, the very same: not different.—adv. Iden′tically.—n. Iden′ticalness, identity. [Fr.,—Low L. identitat-em—L. idem, the same.]

Editors ContributionRate this definition:3.0 / 3 votes

1. identity

   Name, location of birth and date of birth of a person.

   Your name or date of birth forms part of your identity.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 3, 2020  

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   identity

   The features and form that a person has.

   My identity is different that of my twin as we both have different facial features and height.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on February 16, 2020  

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1. • Identification
   • Operator
   • Sameness

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Identity' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2500

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Identity' in Nouns Frequency: #1042

How to pronounce Identity?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Identity in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Identity in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of Identity in a Sentence

1. Sean King Park Strategies:

   When people do talk about the economy, it’s about how Ma’s Mainland trade and investment deals haven’t delivered equal benefits across society. Even those economic concerns, by definition, come back to cross-Strait and identity issues ... how can you brand companies and promote industries if you don’t even know who you are or what to call yourself?

2. Unknown:

   Humanity's survival does not depend on reducing differences to a common identity, but on learning to live creatively with differences.

3. The CIAC:

   Biology—not identity—is what matters on the field, and that's why I will continue to stand up to restore fairness to my sport.

4. Ralph Hernandez:

   I ca n’t tell you who the new witnesses are, we’re not giving up their identity, what I can tell you about the new witnesses is, one, they’re not looking for limelight. They’re not looking to have anyone pay them for interviews. In fact, two of them, we actually had to seek out and find. … I can tell you that their account certainly corroborates Dennis Davern.

5. Mike Riera:

   On Friday afternoon, the Los Angeles Police Department informed Brentwood School that Upper School teacher, Dr. Aimee Palmitessa, had been arrested on suspicion of inappropriate relations with a student and is expected to face charges, the LAPD did not share additional information with us, such as the nature of the inappropriate relationship or the identity of the minor student.

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