Definition of Identity

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Identity

The state or quality of being identical, or the same; sameness.

The condition of being the same with something described or asserted, or of possessing a character claimed; as, to establish the identity of stolen goods.

An identical equation.

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Identity Quotations

When people get married because they think it's a long-time love affair, they'll be divorced very soon, because all love affairs end in disappointment. But marriage is a recognition of a spiritual identity.
Joseph Campbell

Belladonna, n.: In Italian a beautiful lady; in English a deadly poison. A striking example of the essential identity of the two tongues.
Ambrose Bierce

First of all, what happens is, when you're good at something, you spend a lot of time with it. People identify you with that sport, so it becomes part of your identity.
Mike Krzyzewski

Absolute identity with one's cause is the first and great condition of successful leadership.
Woodrow Wilson

To be idle requires a strong sense of personal identity.
Robert Louis Stevenson

I don't need to worry about identity theft because no one wants to be me.
Jay London

Somewhere around the fifth or seventh grade I figured out that I could ingratiate myself to people by making them laugh. Essentially, I was just trying to make them like me. But after a while it became part of my identity.
Tina Fey

Canada is the only country in the world that knows how to live without an identity.
Marshall McLuhan

No other group in America has so had their identity socialized out of existence as have black women... When black people are talked about the focus tends to be on black men; and when women are talked about the focus tends to be on white women.
bell hooks

Joy, rather than happiness, is the goal of life, for joy is the emotion which accompanies our fulfilling our natures as human beings. It is based on the experience of one's identity as a being of worth and dignity.
Rollo May

Identity Translations

identity in Dutch is identiteit
identity in Norwegian is identitet
identity in Portuguese is identidade
identity in Spanish is identidad
identity in Swedish is identitet

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