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identity

The correct spelling is identity.

How to pronounce identity

/aɪˈdɛntəti/
noun

IPA: /aɪˈdɛntəti/

Say it like: Ide-nti-tee

The correct spelling is identity. Sameness, identicalness; the quality or fact of (several specified things) being the same. For example: "I've been through so many changes, I have no sense of identity."

Usage Examples

I've been through so many changes, I have no sense of identity.

This criminal has taken on several identities.

2013 April 4, "Cricket identities consult lawyers", New Zealand Herald

Definition

noun

  1. 1.Sameness, identicalness; the quality or fact of (several specified things) being the same.
  2. 2.The difference or character that marks off an individual or collective from the rest of the same kind, selfhood, 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 themself.
  3. 3.A name or persona—a mask or appearance one presents to the world—by which one is known.
  4. 4.An equation which always holds true regardless of the choice of input variables.
  5. 5.Any function which maps all elements of its domain to themselves.

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