| 释义 |
iden·ti·ty
\īˈden(t)əd.ē, ə̇ˈden-, -ətē, -i\ noun
(-es)
Etymology: Middle French identité, from Late Latin identitat-, identitas, irregular from Latin idem same (from is he) + -itat-, -itas -ity — more at iterate
1.
a. : sameness of essential or generic character in different examples or instances : the limit approached by increasing similarity
< the identity of the red in the rug with the red of a brick >
b. : sameness in all that constitutes the objective reality of a thing : selfsameness, oneness : sameness of that which is distinguishable only in some accidental fashion (as being designated by different names, or the object of different perceptions, or different in time and place)
< the identity of Scott with the author of Waverley >
< the sense of identity arising in shared experience >
c. : an instance of such sameness
2. : unity and persistence of personality : unity or individual comprehensiveness of a life or character
< lost consciousness of his own identity >
3. : the condition of being the same with something described, claimed, or asserted or of possessing a character claimed
< establish the identity of stolen goods >
4. archaic : individual or real existence
5. Schellingian philosophy : reality at its deepest level at which subject and object are one
6.
a. : identical proposition
b. : identical equation
7. Australia : character 8a
8. or identity element : an operator that leaves unchanged an element on which it operates
< since if zero is added to any integer, the sum is the same integer, zero is an additive identity > |