Identity Definition & Meaning

identity
noun
  1. the distinct personality of an individual regarded as a persisting entity; "you can lose your identity when you join the army"
  2. the individual characteristics by which a thing or person is recognized or known; "geneticists only recently discovered the identity of the gene that causes it"; "it was too dark to determine his identity"; "she guessed the identity of his lover"
  3. an operator that leaves unchanged the element on which it operates; "the identity under numerical multiplication is 1"
  4. exact sameness; "they shared an identity of interests"

Synonyms for identity

identicalness noun

exact sameness; "they shared an identity of interests"

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individuality noun

the quality of being individual; "so absorbed by the movement that she lost all sense of individuality" the distinct

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"Identity" in song lyrics

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  • "When you show the world ya true identity"
    Aceyalone — Junkman
  • "You should have seen the chemistry, I changed that freak's identity"
    Dre Dog (Andre Nickatina) — These R the Tales
  • "Pretender think that he know my identity"
    Ant Banks — Keep 'em Guessin

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What does identity mean?
the distinct personality of an individual regarded as a persisting entity; "you can lose your identity when you join the army" the individual characteristics by which a thing or person is recognized or known; "geneticists only recently discovered the identity of the gene that causes it"; "it was too dark to determine his identity"; "she guessed the identity of his lover" an operator that leaves unchanged the element on which it operates
What part of speech is identity?
Identity is a noun.
How many definitions does identity have?
Identity has 4 definitions across 1 part of speech (noun).

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