IDENTITY
Scrabble letter values: I1D2E1N1T1I1T1Y4 = 12
Definition
- noun the distinct personality of an individual regarded as a persisting entity. — synonyms: personal_identity, individuality
- noun the individual characteristics by which a thing or person is recognized or known.
- noun an operator that leaves unchanged the element on which it operates. — synonyms: identity_element, identity_operator
- noun exact sameness. — synonyms: identicalness, indistinguishability
Examples
- “you can lose your identity when you join the army”
- “geneticists only recently discovered the identity of the gene that causes it”
- “it was too dark to determine his identity”