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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

By and large, the critics and readers gave me an affirmed sense of my identity as a writer. You might know this within yourself, but to have it affirmed by others is of utmost importance. Writing is, after all, a form of communication.
Ralph Ellison

I began wearing hats as a young lawyer because it helped me to establish my professional identity. Before that, whenever I was at a meeting, someone would ask me to get coffee.
Bella Abzug

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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