Identification - Definition
identification
n 1: the act of designating or identifying something [syn:
designation, identification]
2: evidence of identity; something that identifies a person or
thing
3: the condition of having the identity (of a person or object)
established; "the thief's identification was followed quickly
by his arrest"; "identification of the gun was an important
clue"
4: the process of recognizing something or someone by
remembering; "a politician whose recall of names was as
remarkable as his recognition of faces"; "experimental
psychologists measure the elapsed time from the onset of the
stimulus to its recognition by the observer" [syn:
recognition, identification]
5: the attribution to yourself (consciously or unconsciously) of
the characteristics of another person (or group of persons)