identity Definition

the distinguishing character or personality of an individual : individuality

the relation established by psychological identification

the condition of being the same with something described or asserted

an element (such as 0 in the set of all integers under addition or 1 in the set of positive integers under multiplication) that leaves any element of the set to which it belongs unchanged when combined with it by a specified operation

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personal psychosocial conflict especially in adolescence that involves confusion about one's social role and often a sense of loss of continuity to one's personality

a state of confusion in an institution or organization regarding its nature or direction

a square matrix that has numeral 1's along the principal diagonal and 0's elsewhere

politics in which groups of people having a particular racial, religious, ethnic, social, or cultural identity tend to promote their own specific interests or concerns without regard to the interests or concerns of any larger political group

the illegal use of someone else's personal information (such as a Social Security number) especially in order to obtain money or credit

a line of people who stand next to each other while someone tries to identify one of them as the person who has committed a crime

an identity element (such as 0 in the group of whole numbers under the operation of addition) that in a given mathematical system leaves unchanged any element to which it is added

multiple personality disorder