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identification definition

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

noun

  1. an identifying or being identified
  2. anything by which a person or thing can be identified a driver's license is accepted as identification
  3. 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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identification Synonyms

identification

n.

  1. The act of identifying

    classifying, naming, cataloging, connecting; see association 2, classification 1, description 1.

  2. Means of identifying

    ID, ID card, badge, papers, license, passport, credentials, letter of introduction, testimony, letter of credit; see also passport.


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identification Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • gene: Again, identification of the relevant target gene is an important goal.

Converse of object

  • facilitate: The computerisation of the Councils Terrier system will greatly facilitate the identification of the Council's liabilities under the new regime.

Adjective modifier

  • projective: They are objects of desire and exchange, actors in subsistence, ceremonial and market economies and sites of deep projective identification.

Modifies a noun

  • parade: Some time after the killing of George Cornell, the Twins were arrested and put on an identification parade.

Noun used with modifier

  • species: This enabled Frank Bisby to give us a bird's eye view of species identification in the third millenium.
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