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/aɪdˈɛntəti/ /aɪdˈɛntɪti/ /aɪdˈɛnɪti/ /aɪdˈɛnəti/ Listen

noun

Identity n. (pl. identities)

The state or quality of being identical, or the same; sameness. "Identity is a relation between our cognitions of a thing, not between things themselves."

The condition of being the same with something described or asserted, or of possessing a character claimed; as, to establish the identity of stolen goods.

(Math.) An identical equation.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Identity" Quotes from Famous Books

... Vandover of every day, the same familiar Vandover that looked back at him from his mirror; then there was the wolf, the beast, whatever the creature was that lived in his flesh, and that struggled with him now, striving to gain the ascendency, to absorb the real Vandover into its own hideous identity; and last of all, there was a third self, formless, very vague, elusive, that stood aside and watched the strife of the other two. But as he fought against his madness, concentrating all his attention with a tremendous effort of the will, the queer numbness that came upon his mind whenever ...

— Vandover and the Brute • Frank Norris

... church to that philosopher's teachings were chiefly that the Englishman maintained that thought might be an attribute of matter; that he encouraged Pyrrhonism, or universal doubt; that his theory of identity was doubtful, and that he denied the existence of innate ideas. All these matters are well open to discussion, and the advantage might not always be found on Locke's side. But in general the Catholic theologians and ...

— The Eve of the French Revolution • Edward J. Lowell

... occurrences had a similar origin. We have, then, only to be interested in the persistent tradition, in accordance with which mischievous persons always do exactly the same sort of thing. But this is a mere example of the identity ...

— Adventures among Books • Andrew Lang

... the sound of his right name, jumped with one bound on to the poop and lay quietly down at his master's feet. The crew did not say a word. The key which the captain of the Forward alone possessed, the dog sent by him, and who came thus to verify his identity, that commanding accent which it was impossible to mistake—all this acted strongly on the minds of the sailors, and was sufficient to establish ...

— The English at the North Pole - Part I of the Adventures of Captain Hatteras • Jules Verne

... identity," whispered Mrs. Reed to Mrs. Mann when Agnes went in for a wrap as the chill ...

— Claim Number One • George W. (George Washington) Ogden

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