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PERSONAL 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 ("personal 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 "personal 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)
