n.
Pronunciation: ī - ' den-t ə -t ē , ə -, - ' de-n ə -
Function: noun
Inflected Form: 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 a : sameness of essential or generic character in different instances b : sameness in all that constitutes the objective reality of a thing : ONENESS
2 a : the distinguishing character or personality of an individual : INDIVIDUALITY b : the relation established by psychological identification
3 : the condition of being the same with something described or asserted <establish the identity of stolen goods>
4 : an equation that is satisfied for all values of the symbols
5 : IDENTITY ELEMENT