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Meaning of identity

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

identity

Pronunciation:/aɪˈdɛntəti/

noun

Definitions

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

  2. The difference or character that marks off an individual or collective from the rest of the same kind, selfhood, 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 themself.

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

  3. 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.

  4. An equation which always holds true regardless of the choice of input variables.