DICTOMETER

IDENTITY

(identity, identidad, identitet)

1. Synonyms:
   • Identity
   • Personal identity
   • Individuality
   Definitions:
   • the distinct personality of an individual regarded as a persisting entity
   Examples:
   • You can lose your identity when you join the army
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Identity
   Definitions:
   • the individual characteristics by which a thing or person is recognized or known
   Examples:
   • Geneticists only recently discovered the identity of the gene that causes it
   • It was too dark to determine his identity
   • She guessed the identity of his lover
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Identity
   • Identity element
   • Identity operator
   Definitions:
   • an operator that leaves unchanged the element on which it operates
   Examples:
   • The identity under numerical multiplication is 1
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Identity
   • Identicalness
   • Indistinguishability
   Definitions:
   • exact sameness
   Examples:
   • They shared an identity of interests