IDENTITY: значение слова

noun (plural -ties)
Etymology: Middle French identité, from Late Latin identitat-, identitas, probably from Latin identidem repeatedly, contraction of idem et idem, literally, same and same
Date: 1570


1. sameness of essential or generic character in different instances, sameness in all that constitutes the objective reality of a thing ; oneness ,

2. the distinguishing character or personality of an individual ; individuality , the relation established by psychological identification, the condition of being the same with something described or asserted , an equation that is satisfied for all values of the symbols, identity element

identity card
noun
Date: 1900
ID card

identity crisis
noun
Date: 1954
personal psychosocial conflict especially in adolescence that involves confusion about one's social role and often a sense of loss of continuity to one's personality, a state of confusion in an institution or organization regarding its nature or direction

identity element
noun
Date: 1902
an element (as 0 in the set of all integers under addition or 1 in the set of positive integers under multiplication) that leaves any element of the set to which it belongs unchanged when combined with it by a specified operation

identity matrix
noun
Date: circa 1929
a square matrix that has numeral 1's along the principal diagonal and 0's elsewhere

identity politics
noun plural but singular or plural in construction
Date: 1988
particularism 2

identity theft
noun
Date: 1991
the illegal use of someone else's personal information (as a Social Security number) in order to obtain money or credit