Identification
[aɪ,dentɪfɪ'keɪʃ(ə)n] or [aɪˌdentɪfɪ'keʃn]
Definition
(noun.) the attribution to yourself (consciously or unconsciously) of the characteristics of another person (or group of persons).
(noun.) evidence of identity; something that identifies a person or thing.
(noun.) the condition of having the identity (of a person or object) established; 'the thief's identification was followed quickly by his arrest'; 'identification of the gun was an important clue'.
Typist: Tyler--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act of identifying, or proving to be the same; also, the state of being identified.
Inputed by Gavin
Examples
- On the one hand, there is an identification of the moral with the rational. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- He did not take the identification as a compliment; but he made the best of it, and turned it off with a laugh. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- That was a rare point, Sydney, that you brought to bear upon the identification. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- But proof and identification is necessary. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- But if imprints have been taken of the thumb and four fingers of both hands one must needs lose all entirely to escape identification. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- To-day the New York collection amounts to nearly 30,000, while that of the National Bureau of Identification at Chicago approximates 100,000. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The identification of the mind with the individual self and of the latter with a private psychic consciousness is comparatively modern. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The Foundation's EIN or federal tax identification number is 64-6221541. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- What stung me, was the identification of the whole affair with my unoffending self. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- The plan has also been utilized a great deal in recent years for the identification of enlisted men in the army and navy. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Even the identification of the dead man had not yet been accomplished. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Why are Finger-prints Used for Identification? Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- He observe d the color, the hardness, weight, fracture of minerals, and experienced the joy the youthful mind feels in rap id identification. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The one point in the Piltdown jaw itself against chimpanzee identification is the smooth, flat, worn surface of the molars. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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