Meaning & Definition of Identity in English
English⟶
Identity
/aɪdɛntɪti/
noun
1. The distinct personality of an individual regarded as a persisting entity
- "You can lose your identity when you join the army"
synonym:
- identity,
- personal identity,
- individuality
2. The individual characteristics by which a thing or person is recognized or known
- "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"
synonym:
- identity
3. An operator that leaves unchanged the element on which it operates
- "The identity under numerical multiplication is 1"
synonym:
- identity,
- identity element,
- identity operator
4. Exact sameness
- "They shared an identity of interests"
synonym:
- identity,
- identicalness,
- indistinguishability
Examples of using
His identity must be kept secret.
Every of us has his own unique identity.
The mayor provided me with an identity card.