IDENTITY as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • the distinct personality of an individual regarded as a persisting entity
   Synonym(s)
   • individuality (what does individuality mean?)
   • personal identity (what does personal identity mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • you can lose your identity when you join the army
   Hypernyms(s) identity is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • personality (what does personality mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • gender identity (what does gender identity mean?)
   • identification (what does identification mean?)
   • personhood (what does personhood mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • identify (what does identify mean?)
   • place (what does place mean?)
2. Meaning
   • exact sameness
   Synonym(s)
   • identicalness (what does identicalness mean?)
   • indistinguishability (what does indistinguishability mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • they shared an identity of interests
   Hypernyms(s) identity is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • sameness (what does sameness mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • oneness (what does oneness mean?)
   • unity (what does unity mean?)
   • selfsameness (what does selfsameness mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • identify (what does identify mean?)
   • identify (what does identify mean?)
3. Meaning
   • the individual characteristics by which a thing or person is recognized or known
   Usage Example(s)
   • geneticists only recently discovered the identity of the gene that causes it
   • it was too dark to determine his identity
   • she guessed the identity of his lover
   Hypernyms(s) identity is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • recognition (what does recognition mean?)
   • identification (what does identification mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • name (what does name mean?)
   • identify (what does identify mean?)
   • identify (what does identify mean?)
   • discover (what does discover mean?)
   • key (what does key mean?)
   • key out (what does key out mean?)
   • distinguish (what does distinguish mean?)
   • describe (what does describe mean?)
   • name (what does name mean?)
   • identify (what does identify mean?)
   • place (what does place mean?)
4. Meaning
   • an operator that leaves unchanged the element on which it operates
   Synonym(s)
   • identity element (what does identity element mean?)
   • identity operator (what does identity operator mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the identity under numerical multiplication is 1
   Hypernyms(s) identity is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • operator (what does operator mean?)