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Word: identity (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • Knowledge of who one is.
  • algebra An element of an algebraic structure which, when applied to another element under an operation in that structure, yields this, second element.
  • computing Any function which maps all elements of its domain to themselves.
  • A name or persona?the mask or appearance one presents to the world?by which one is known.
  • The difference or character that marks off an individual from the rest of the same kind, selfhood.
  • The sameness some individuals share to make up the same kind or universal.

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