1
as in similarity
the state of being exactly alike
although the covers of the two paperback editions of the novel are different, there's a complete identity in the texts
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2
as in personality
the set of qualities that make a person different from other people
children begin to form their own identity by the age of two
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Recent Examples of identity
Newsweek has not verified the woman's identity or her claims.
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Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 June 2025
The Color Purple' (1985) Exceptional performances (especially Whoopi Goldberg and Oprah Winfrey) drive this wrenching and intimate story of abused but strong women who find their voices and identity in early 20th-century Georgia.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 20 June 2025
For generations, our coils, curls, braids, and bantu knots have been a symbol of identity, resistance, and self-love.
—Essence, 20 June 2025
The result: Community members want to be more open about their beliefs and Jewish identities in broader society.
—Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel, 19 June 2025
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Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 June 2025
The Color Purple' (1985) Exceptional performances (especially Whoopi Goldberg and Oprah Winfrey) drive this wrenching and intimate story of abused but strong women who find their voices and identity in early 20th-century Georgia.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 20 June 2025
For generations, our coils, curls, braids, and bantu knots have been a symbol of identity, resistance, and self-love.
—Essence, 20 June 2025
The result: Community members want to be more open about their beliefs and Jewish identities in broader society.
—Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel, 19 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for identity
Noun
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In some cases, the similarities between the Ivy League and prestigious secondary schools are not coincidental, but the result of deep historical ties.—
Christopher Rim,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2025
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Quilts are also filled, but here the similarities end.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
24 June 2025
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Advertisement Rutte, 58, brings an idiosyncratic mix of experience and personality to the job of saving the alliance.—
Adam Rasmi,
Time,
20 June 2025
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That has included writers like Matt Yglesias, TV personalities, like Terry Moran and Katie Couric, and authors like James Patterson, with many prioritizing video.—
Alex Weprin,
HollywoodReporter,
20 June 2025
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Early on, he was often cast in Latino character roles on shows like HBO’s The Wire and Fox’s Gang Related.—
Veronica Villafañe,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2025
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But perhaps not the character people expected, either.—
Paul Taylor,
New York Times,
20 June 2025
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Aside from a few minor departures from the facts, the scene is remarkably accurate, even if the actor Alex Wolff bears minimal resemblance to the real Alvarez, who was tall, blond, and blue-eyed.—
Alec Nevala-Lee
June 11,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2025
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What Pritzker has done since bears little resemblance to the original law, and using it as cover for his broader immigration policies is disingenuous at best.—
Jason Plummer,
Chicago Tribune,
11 June 2025
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The emotional impact is so blunted that our only choice is to surrender to the booming spectacle of it all (Hans Zimmer, take the wheel), but even that proves difficult in a film that never quite solves how to handle the sameness of a 44-lap race.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
17 June 2025
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Amerie’s singular voice shines like a beacon on a sea of sameness.—
Gabrielle Bellot,
Literary Hub,
10 June 2025
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Several times, as another musician plays, Monk stands center stage and spins in place, in febrile oneness with the music.—
Michael Schulman,
The New Yorker,
20 Jan. 2025
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The illusion of separation, the truth of universal oneness.—
Oshan Jarow,
Vox,
8 Jan. 2025
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By sheer virtue of my existence, I was deployed here with the task of disrupting the homogeneity of these jam sessions.—
Andre Gee,
Rolling Stone,
23 June 2025
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The homogeneity is intended to equal the playing field while allowing independent management strategies to still play a part as the machines are pushed to the limit over the course of the Earth’s complete rotation on its axis.—
Viju Mathew,
Robb Report,
16 June 2025
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“Identity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/identity. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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