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IDENTITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The distinct personality of an individual regarded as a persisting entity
Example:
you can lose your identity when you join the army
Synonyms:
identity; individuality; personal identity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("identity" is a kind of...):
personality (the complex of all the attributes--behavioral, temperamental, emotional and mental--that characterize a unique individual)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "identity"):
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)
Derivation:
identify (recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Exact sameness
Example:
they shared an identity of interests
Synonyms:
identicalness; identity; indistinguishability
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("identity" is a kind of...):
sameness (the quality of being alike)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "identity"):
oneness; unity (the quality of being united into one)
selfsameness (the quality of being identical with itself)
Derivation:
identical (exactly alike; incapable of being perceived as different)
identical (being the exact same one; not any other:)
identify (consider to be equal or the same)
identify (consider (oneself) as similar to somebody else)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The individual characteristics by which a thing or person is recognized or known
Example:
she guessed the identity of his lover
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("identity" is a kind of...):
identification; recognition (the process of recognizing something or someone by remembering)
Derivation:
identify (recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something)
identify (identify as in botany or biology, for example)
identify (give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property)
Sense 4
Meaning:
An operator that leaves unchanged the element on which it operates
Example:
the identity under numerical multiplication is 1
Synonyms:
identity; identity element; identity operator
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Hypernyms ("identity" is a kind of...):
operator ((mathematics) a symbol or function representing a mathematical operation)
Context examples:
The identity of the target cell varies, but it must possess surface IgG whose Fc portion is intact.
(Antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity, NCI Thesaurus)
A unique symbol that establishes identity of the biologic entity.
(Biologic Entity Identifier with Attribute Identifier, NCI Thesaurus)
People with BPD have problems with relationships, family and work life, long-term planning, and self-identity.
(Borderline personality disorder, NCI Dictionary)
This protein is involved in transcription and the final differentiation of embryonic stem cell identity.
(Homeobox Protein NANOG, NCI Thesaurus)
NCK2 shares 68% amino acid identity with NCK-alpha; most differences occur outside the SH2/SH3 domains.
(NCK Adaptor Protein 2, NCI Thesaurus)
A word or group of words indicating the identity of a person usually consisting of a first (personal) name and a last (family) name with an optional middle name.
(Person Name, NCI Thesaurus)
A unique symbol that establishes identity of the performer.
(Performer Identifier, NCI Thesaurus)
A unique symbol that establishes identity of the place.
(Place Identifier, NCI Thesaurus)
From that moment he had vanished from the world, and his identity had been a frequent subject for comment in the European press.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The unique symbol that establishes identity of the observation result.
(Performed Observation Result Identifier, NCI Thesaurus)
