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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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
In a similar vein, McCarthy suggests thinking about your fitness goals as part of your identity.
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Jenny McCoy, Outside, 3 Feb. 2026
The identity of the deceased motorist has not yet been released.
—Clifford Ward, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2026
Cops found an ID card on him but his identity had not yet been confirmed.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 3 Feb. 2026
The global audience of the Winter Olympics mirrors this tension, and the World Cup will be impossible to separate from questions about immigration, justice and national identity.
—Jerry Brewer, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
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Jenny McCoy, Outside, 3 Feb. 2026
The identity of the deceased motorist has not yet been released.
—Clifford Ward, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2026
Cops found an ID card on him but his identity had not yet been confirmed.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 3 Feb. 2026
The global audience of the Winter Olympics mirrors this tension, and the World Cup will be impossible to separate from questions about immigration, justice and national identity.
—Jerry Brewer, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for identity
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The mother, or Romito 1, showed similarities, though not as pronounced as her younger relative.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
31 Jan. 2026
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The similarities are hardly an accident.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Jan. 2026
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This week's quiz highlights tourist tradeoffs, political personalities — and a whole lot more.—
Kelly McGreal,
FOXNews.com,
1 Feb. 2026
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The program trains officers to recognize certain personality types and provides techniques for de-escalation without physical conflict.—
Mark Pazniokas,
Hartford Courant,
31 Jan. 2026
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The renegade baseball general manager in Moneyball, for instance, was later played by Brad Pitt, while the characters in The Big Short were portrayed by Christian Bale, Ryan Gosling, Steve Carell, and Pitt again, among others.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
5 Feb. 2026
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The space’s custom art was created by Amazonian artist Winny Tapajós, portraying a mischievous garden scene full of whimsical characters.—
Devorah Lev-Tov,
Robb Report,
5 Feb. 2026
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From its immense wealth to the stability of its institutions, the United States bears little resemblance to Haiti.—
Dan Horn,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
5 Feb. 2026
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Lee’s home is nestled in the Bordeaux community, a traditionally African American neighborhood in northwest Nashville named for its resemblance to the southwestern French city.—
Felicia Feaster,
AJC.com,
5 Feb. 2026
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To really have something special within the brain-killing visual sameness of South Florida, keep the trees and dump the cars.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
24 Jan. 2026
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For years, Burlando tried to make peace with standing out in a world that often celebrates sameness, particularly online.—
Jordan Greene,
PEOPLE,
12 Jan. 2026
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But the dominant theological narrative is really from our otherness to oneness.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
3 Feb. 2026
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Survivors who felt their suffering was shared reported a stronger sense of oneness, with those groups.—
Claire White,
The Conversation,
15 Jan. 2026
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If eligibility was limited to four years and affected by time playing in junior colleges and overseas, athletes would have a more restricted window of eligibility, giving them less time to move between schools, which would create more homogeneity in age and maturity and a more level playing field.—
Sheldon H. Jacobson,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Jan. 2026
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This was jointness as it was meant to function—not homogeneity, not equal participation for its own sake, but integration under competent air domain leadership.—
David A. Deptula,
Forbes.com,
16 Jan. 2026
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“Identity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/identity. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.
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