identity

noun
iden*ti*ty \ ī-ˈden-tə-tē \ ə- \ -ˈde-nə- \
1545{ds||3|a|}
  • 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

identity element

noun
identity element \
1902
  • 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

identity card

noun
identity card \
1900
  • id

identity crisis

noun
identity crisis \
1941{ds||1||}
  • 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

identity matrix

noun
identity matrix \
1908
  • a square matrix that has numeral 1's along the principal diagonal and 0's elsewhere

identity politics

noun
identity politics \
1970
  • 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

identity theft

noun
identity theft \
1964
  • the illegal use of someone else's personal information (such as a Social Security number) especially in order to obtain money or credit

identity parade

noun
identity parade \
  • 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

additive identity

noun
additive identity \
1953
  • 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

dissociative identity disorder

noun
dissociative identity disorder \
1993
  • a personality disorder that is characterized by the presence of two or more distinct and complex identities or personality states each of which becomes dominant and controls behavior from time to time to the exclusion of the others and that results from disruption in the integrated functions of consciousness, memory, and identity : multiple personality disorder
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