identity
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identity/ʌɪˈdentəti/
▶noun (pl. identities)
- 1 the fact of being who or what a person or thing is.
■ the characteristics determining this.
■ [as modifier] serving to establish the identity of the owner: an identity card.
- 2 a close similarity or affinity.
- 3 Mathematics (also identity operation) a transformation that leaves an object unchanged.
■ (also identity element) an element of a set which, if combined with another element, leaves that element unchanged.
- 4 Mathematics an equation expressing the equality of two expressions for all values of the variables, e.g. (x + 1)2 = x2 + 2x + 1.
– origin C16: from late L. identitas, from L. idem ‘same’.
'identity' also found in these Oxford entries:
alias
- alienation
- anonymous
- anthem
- Arabism
- black consciousness
- card
- case
- challenge
- concern
- continuant
- cover
- declare
- disguise
- dog tag
- ego
- emasculate
- fugue
- gender dysphoria
- group
- ID
- identical
- identification
- identify
- identity parade
- identity theft
- IMEI
- impostor
- imposture
- incognito
- in-group
- I spy
- line-up
- male menopause
- mystery
- none
- passbook
- passport
- paternity suit
- pixelate
- ring
- ringer
- rose of Sharon
- Sea Peoples
- sexual orientation
- soul
- station break
- transgenderism
- transpersonal
