Identity
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English
Noun
- A name or persona by which one is known.
- This criminal has taken on several identities
- Knowledge of who one is.
- I've been through so many changes, I have no sense of identity.
- This nation has a strong identity.
- (mathematics) A function whose result is always equal to its argument.
- (mathematics) An element of an algebraic structure which yields an identity function when used as an argument to an operation in that structure.
Translations
- Chinese: 身份, 个性, 特性
- Finnish: henkilöllisyys (1), identiteetti (2), yhtäläisyys (4)
- French: identité f
- German: Identität (f)
- Italian: identità f
- Japanese: 同一性
- Swedish: identitet
Related terms
- identic
- identical
- identification
- identify