The sameness some individuals share to make up the same kind or universal.
The difference or
character that marks off an individual from the
rest of the same kind, selfhood.
A name or persona—the mask or
appearance one presents to the world—by which one is known.
This criminal has taken on several identities
Knowledge of who one is.
I've been through so many changes, I have no sense of identity.
This nation has a strong identity.
(algebra, computing) Any
function which maps all elements of its domain to themselves.
(algebra) An element of an algebraic structure which, when applied to another element under an
operation in that structure, yields this, second element.