identity
Sameness, identicalness; the quality or fact of (several specified things) being the same.
Other meanings
The difference or character that marks off an individual or collective from the rest of the same kind
“I've been through so many changes, I have no sense of identity.”
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.”
Related words
- bioidentity
- coidentity
- cyberidentity
- identicard
- identicon
- identitarian
- identityless
- misidentity
- nonidentity
- subidentity
- transidentity
- Abel's identity
Example sentences
Word history
From Ancient Greek "ταὐτότης" (sameness).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “identity” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.