HyperDic: identity

English > 4 senses of the word *identity*:
NOUN	attribute	identity, personal identity, individuality	the distinct / distinct / distinct personality of an individual regarded as a persisting entity
	cognition	identity	the individual characteristics / characteristics by which a thing or person is recognized or known
	relation	identity, identity element, identity operator	an operator that leaves unchanged the element on which it operates
	attribute	identity, identicalness, indistinguishability	exact sameness

identity > pronunciation
Sounds	aydeh'nahtiy; aydeh'nihtiy; aydeh'ntahtiy; aydeh'ntihtiy
Rhymes	ability ... zloty: 638 rhymes with tiy...

English > *identity*: 4 senses > noun 1, attribute
Meaning	The distinct / distinct / distinct personality of an individual regarded as a persisting entity.
Example	"you can lose your identity when you join the army"
Synonyms	personal identity, individuality
Narrower	gender identity	Your identity as it is experienced with regard to your individuality as male or female
	identification	The attribution to yourself (consciously or unconsciously) of the characteristics / characteristics of another person (or group of persons)
	personhood	A person
Broader	personality	The complex of all the attributes--behavioral, temperamental, emotional and mental--that characterize a unique individual
Spanish	identidad, individualidad
Catalan	identitat, individualitat
Verbs	identify	recognize as being

English > *identity*: 4 senses > noun 2, cognition
Meaning	The individual characteristics / characteristics by which a thing or person is recognized or known.
Examples	"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"
Broader	recognition, identification	The process of recognizing something or someone by remembering
Spanish	identidad
Catalan	identitat
Verbs	identify	recognize as being
	identify	identify as in botany or biology, for example
	identify	give the name or identifying characteristics / characteristics of

English > *identity*: 4 senses > noun 3, relation
Meaning	An operator that leaves unchanged the element on which it operates.
Example	"the identity under numerical multiplication is 1"
Synonyms	identity element, identity operator
Broader	operator	(mathematics) a symbol or function representing a mathematical operation
Spanish	identidad
Catalan	identitat

English > *identity*: 4 senses > noun 4, attribute
Meaning	exact sameness.
Example	"they shared an identity of interests"
Synonyms	identicalness, indistinguishability
Narrower	oneness, unity	The quality of being united into one
Narrower	selfsameness	The quality of being identical with itself
Broader	sameness	The quality of being alike
Spanish	identidad, igualdad
Catalan	identitat, igualtat, indistingibilitat
Adjectives	identical	exactly alike
Adjectives	identical	being the exact same one
Verbs	identify	consider to be equal or the same
Verbs	identify	consider (oneself) as similar to somebody else

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