Identity

Quick meaning: Identity is a noun meaning Sameness, identicalness; the quality or fact of (several specified things) being the same.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. A name or persona—a mask or appearance one presents to the world—by which one is known.
2. (mathematics) An equation which always holds true regardless of the choice of input variables.
3. (algebra, computing) Any function which maps all elements of its domain to themselves.
4. (Australia, New Zealand) A well-known or famous person.
5. (algebra) An element of an algebraic structure which, when applied to another element under an operation in that structure, yields this second element.
6. 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 Sentences

This nation has a strong identity.

This criminal has taken on several identities.

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

In this show, the competitor's identity will remain secret until after the vote.

Word Forms

• identities

Synonyms for identity

Depending on context, synonyms include identicalness, identicality, sameness, sameliness, uniformity, individuality.

Antonyms for identity

Common opposites include unidenticality, nonidentity, difference, differentiation, differentness, distinction.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include identicalness, individuality, indistinguishability, identical, similarity, resemblance.

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