identity
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• noun
The fact of being who or what a person or thing is, or the distinct characteristics, beliefs, and qualities that define an individual or group.
"Traveling abroad for a year helped her develop a stronger sense of personal identity."
The state or fact of being closely similar or exactly the same in nature, quality, or purpose.
"The two organizations formed a lasting partnership because of a close identity of interests."
In mathematics, an equality that holds true regardless of the values chosen for its variables, or an element that leaves any other element unchanged when combined with it in a specified operation.
"In basic arithmetic, zero serves as the additive identity because adding zero to any number leaves that number unchanged."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the late 16th century from Middle French identité, from Late Latin identitas, derived from Classical Latin idem ('the same').