identity

Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/aɪˈdɛntɪti/]

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1. identity (noun) — sense 1

Definition: Sameness, identicalness; the quality or fact of (several specified things) being the same.

Example: Benjamin Franklin established the identity of electricity and lightning.

2. identity (noun) — sense 2

Definition: The difference or character that marks off an individual or collective from the rest of the same kind; selfhood; the sense of who something or someone or oneself is, or the recurring characteristics that enable the recognition of such an individual or group by others or themselves.

Example: I've been through so many changes, I have no sense of identity.

3. identity (noun) — sense 3

Definition: A name or persona—a mask or appearance one presents to the world—by which one is known.

Example: This criminal has taken on several identities.

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