Identity

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Translations 1.3 Related terms 1.3.1 See also

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Vulgar Latin identitas, ultimately from Classical Latin idem meaning "the same"

Noun

identity (plural identities)

1. A name or persona by which one is known.

   This criminal has taken on several identities

2. Knowledge of who one is.

   I've been through so many changes, I have no sense of identity.

   This nation has a strong identity.

3. ((Algebra{{#if:Computing|, Computing}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}})){{#if:Computing|}}{{#if:|[[Category: {{{3}}}]]}}{{#if:|[[Category: {{{4}}}]]}}{{#if:|[[Category: {{{5}}}]]}}{{#if:|[[Category: {{{6}}}]]}}{{#if:|[[Category: {{{7}}}]]}}{{#if:|[[Category: {{{8}}}]]}}{{#if:|[[Category: {{{9}}}]]}} Any function which maps all elements of its domain to themselves.
4. (algebra) An element of an algebraic structure which, when applied to another element under an operation in that structure, yields this, second element.

Translations

Albanian: identitet Chinese: 身份 (shēnfèn), 个性 (gèxìng), 特性 (tèxìng) Dutch: identiteit Finnish: henkilöllisyys (1), identiteetti (2), yhtäläisyys (4) French: identité f German: Identität f (1,2,3,4) Hebrew: זהות

Italian: identità f Japanese: 同一性 (dōitsusei) Korean: 신원 Latin: identitas f nominative, identitatis genitive Russian: тождественность (tozhdestvennost) Spanish: identidad f. Swedish: identitet

Related terms

• identic
• identical
• identification
• identify
• identity theft

See also

• additive identity
• multiplicative identity
• left identity
• right identity

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