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identity
- /aɪˈdɛntɪti/ UK
- /aɪˈdɛn(t)ɪti/ US
- /aɪˈdɛn(t)əti/ US
- [aɪˈdɛnɪɾi] US
- [aɪˈdɛnəɾi] US
- /ɑɪˈdentəti/ Australia
Where it comes from
From Middle English ydemptite, from Middle French identité and its etymon Late Latin idemptitās, identitās, from idem (“the same”) + -tās (suffix forming abstract nouns) as a calque of Ancient Greek ταὐτότης (tautótēs, “sameness”).
noun identities
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Sameness, identicalness; the quality or fact of (several specified things) being the same.
Benjamin Franklin established the identity of electricity and lightning.
Similar: identicalness, identicality, sameness, identity, sameliness, uniformity · Opposite: unidenticality, nonidentity, difference, differentiation, differentness, distinction, distinguishedness, diversity
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The difference or character that marks off an individual or collective from the rest of the same kind; selfhood; the sense of who something or someone or oneself is, or the recurring characteristics that enable the recognition of such an individual or group by others or themselves.
I've been through so many changes, I have no sense of identity.
Similar: individuality, beinghood, identity, ipseity, personality, personhood, personness, selfdom, selfhood, selfness, selfship
- A name or persona—a mask or appearance one presents to the world—by which one is known. This criminal has taken on several identities.
- An equation which always holds true regardless of the choice of input variables. The equation (x+y)(x−y) = x²−y² is an algebraic identity. It is true regardless of the values of x and y.
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Any function which maps all elements of its domain to themselves.
Similar: identity function
- An element of an algebraic structure which, when applied to another element under an operation in that structure, yields this second element. Zero is the identity for the addition of real numbers.
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A well-known or famous person.
The body of a well known old identity named James Conroy […] was found in the water yesterday afternoon…
Similar: celebrity, personality
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: identicalness, individuality, identity element, indistinguishability, identity operator, identical, similarity, resemblance, oneness, characteristic, entity, identification, identifier, name, identify, personality
Translations
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noun the sameness some individuals share to make up the same kind or universal
| Español | identidad |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 동일(同一)함 dong'ilham, 동일성 dong'ilseong |
| 日本語 | 同一 dōitsu, 同一性 dōitsusei |
| 中文 | 個性 /个性 gèxìng, 身分 shēnfen, 身份 shēnfen |
| Português | identidade |
| Français | identité |
| Deutsch | Identität, Gleichheit, Übereinstimmung, Nämlichkeit |
| Italiano | identità |
| Ελληνικά | ταυτότητα taftótita |
| Română | identitate |
| Русский | тожде́ственность toždéstvennostʹ, иденти́чность idɛntíčnostʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | tính đồng nhất |
| العربية | مُطَابَقَة muṭābaqa |
| עברית | זֶהוּת zehút |
noun the difference or character that marks off an individual or group from the rest
| Español | identidad |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 아이덴티티 aidentiti, 정체성 jeongcheseong |
| 日本語 | 身元 mimoto, 同一性 dōitsusei, アイデンティティ aidentiti, アイデンティティー aitentitī, 主体性 shutaisei |
| 中文 | 同一性 tóngyīxìng, 個性 /个性 gèxìng, 特性 tèxìng, 身分 shēnfen, 身份 shēnfèn |
| Português | identidade |
| Français | identité |
| Deutsch | Identität |
| Ελληνικά | ταυτότητα taftótita |
| Русский | иденти́чность idɛntíčnostʹ, индивидуа́льность individuálʹnostʹ, ли́чность líčnostʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | cá tính, đặc tính |
| العربية | هُوِيَّة huwiyya |
| עברית | זֶהוּת zehút |
noun name or persona
| 한국어 | 정체 jeongche |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 氏名 shimei, 素性 sujō |
| 中文 | 身分 shēnfen, 身份 shēnfen |
| Português | identidade |
| Français | identité |
| Deutsch | Identität |
| Ελληνικά | ταυτότητα taftótita |
| Română | identitate |
| Русский | ли́чность líčnostʹ, ли́чные да́нные líčnyje dánnyje |
| العربية | هُوِيَّة huwiyya |
| עברית | פַּרְצוּף partsúf |
noun a mathematical equation that holds true irrespective of input elements.
| Español | identidad |
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title = {identity},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
