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identification

identification definition

iden·ti·fi·ca·tion (ī den′tə fi kā′s̸hən)

noun

an identifying or being identified
anything by which a person or thing can be identified a driver's license is accepted as identification
Psychoanalysis a mainly unconscious process by which a person formulates a mental image of another person and then thinks, feels, and acts in a way which resembles this image

Etymology: Fr

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