Sameness of essential or generic character in different instances.
noun. Your name is part of your identity. Your name is part of your identity. The definition of identity is who you are, the way you think about yourself, the way you are viewed by the world and the characteristics that define you. 1  An example of identity is a person's name. 2  An example of identity are the traditional characteristics of an American Cultural identity. Cultural identity is the identity of a group or culture, or of an individual as far as one is influenced by one's belonging to a group or culture. Cultural identity is similar to and overlaps with, identity politics.  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. 3. (Math.) An identical equation. Identity is a relation between our cognitions of a thing, not between things themselves. Full Definition of IDENTITY. 1. a: sameness of essential or generic character in different instances b: sameness in all that constitutes the objective reality of a thing: oneness. 2. a: the distinguishing character or personality of an individual: individuality b: the relation established by psychological identification. 3. 4. Examples of IDENTITY. 1  The identity of the criminal is not known. 2  They produced their passports as proof of their identities. 3  They arrested the wrong man. 4  As children grow, they establish their own identities. 5  people who seem to lack individual identity. 6  His art reflects his cultural identity. /aɪˈdɛntəti/. noun. plural identities. Learner's definition of IDENTITY. 1. : who someone is: the name of a person. [count]. The identity of the criminal/victim is not known. The face of the witness was hidden in order to protect her identity. [=to keep her name from being known]. The documents proved/established his identity. [=proved/established who he was]. They produced their passports as proof of their identities. identity-the individual characteristics by which a thing or person is recognized or known;  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 . 3. Identity is a relation between our cognitions of a thing, not between things themselves. The name Webster's Dictionary may refer to any of the line of dictionaries first developed by Noah Webster in the early nineteenth century and numerous unrelated dictionaries that adopted Webster's name just to share his prestige. The term, Webster's has become a generic trademark in the U.S. for comprehensive dictionaries of the English language, however, the only succeeding dictionaries that can trace their lineage to the one established by Noah Webster are those now published by Merriam-Webster. Examples of IDENTITY. 1  The identity of the criminal is not known. 2  They produced their passports as proof of their identities. 3  They arrested the wrong man. 4  It was a case of mistaken identity. 5  As children grow, they establish their own identities. Examples of IDENTITY. 1  The identity of the criminal is not known. 2  They produced their passports as proof of their identities. 3  They arrested the wrong man. 4  As children grow, they establish their own identities. 5  people who seem to lack individual identity. 6  His art reflects his cultural identity.
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