Identity Definition
ī-dĕntĭ-tē
identities
noun
identities
The condition of being the same as a person or thing described or claimed.
Webster's New World
The condition or fact of being the same or exactly alike; sameness; oneness.
Groups united by identity of interests.
Webster's New World
The characteristics and qualities of a person, considered collectively and regarded as essential to that person's self-awareness.
Webster's New World
The awareness that an individual or group has of being a distinct, persisting entity.
American Heritage
The condition or fact of being a specific person or thing; individuality.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- nationality
- citizenship
- status
- parentage
- true circumstances
- antecedents
- identification
- indistinguishability
- correspondence
- connections
- sameness
- oneness
- identity operator
- identity-element
- identicalness
Antonyms:
Other Word Forms of Identity
Noun
Singular:
identity
Plural:
identitiesOrigin of Identity
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French identité from Old French identite from Late Latin identitās from Latin idem the same (influenced by Late Latin essentitās being,) (identidem repeatedly) from id it i- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Middle French identité, from Latin idem (“the same”). See identical and idem.
From Wiktionary
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