identity
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the distinct personality of an individual regarded as a persisting entity
you can lose your identity when you join the army
Types & categories
- personality hypernym
- gender identity hyponym
- identification hyponym
- personhood hyponym
Related & opposite
- identify derivation
Sense 2 noun
the individual characteristics by which a thing or person is recognized or known
geneticists only recently discovered the identity of the gene that causes it
Types & categories
- recognition hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
an operator that leaves unchanged the element on which it operates
the identity under numerical multiplication is 1
Types & categories
- operator hypernym
Sense 4 noun
exact sameness
they shared an identity of interests
Types & categories
- sameness hypernym
- oneness hyponym
- selfsameness hyponym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | identify |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | personality |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | gender identity |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | identification |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | personhood |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | identify |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | key |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | name |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | recognition |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | operator |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | identify |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | identify |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | monovular |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | identical |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | identical |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | verya |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | sameness |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | oneness |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | selfsameness |