identity : Idioms & Phrases

• noun your identity as it is experienced with regard to your individuality as male or female; awareness normally begin in infancy and is reinforced during adolescence
  

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• noun a card certifying the identity of the bearer
  card.
  
  • he had to show his card to get in

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• noun distress and disorientation (especially in adolescence) resulting from conflicting pressures and uncertainty about one's self and one's role in society
  

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• noun an operator that leaves unchanged the element on which it operates
  identity element; identity.
  
  • the identity under numerical multiplication is 1

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• noun a scalar matrix in which all of the diagonal elements are unity
  unit matrix.
  

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• noun an operator that leaves unchanged the element on which it operates
  identity element; identity.
  
  • the identity under numerical multiplication is 1

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• noun the co-option of another person's personal information (e.g., name, Social Security number, credit card number, passport) without that person's knowledge and the fraudulent use of such knowledge
  

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• noun the automatic identification of living individuals by using their physiological and behavioral characteristics
  biometric authentication; biometric identification.
  
  • negative identification can only be accomplished through biometric identification
  • if a pin or password is lost or forgotten it can be changed and reissued but a biometric identification cannot

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• noun the distinct personality of an individual regarded as a persisting entity
  individuality; identity.
  
  • you can lose your identity when you join the army

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• (Metaph.), the persistent and continuous unity of the individual person, which is attested by consciousness.

Webster 1913