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Identity

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

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Broader term 5

Identification 76% connected

The act of identifying, or proving to be the same; also, the state of being identified.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Operator 76% connected

One who, or that which, operates or produces an effect.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Personality 76% connected

That which constitutes distinction of person; individuality.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Recognition 76% connected

The act of recognizing, or the state of being recognized; acknowledgment; formal avowal; knowledge confessed or avowed; notice.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Sameness 76% connected

The state of being the same; identity; absence of difference; near resemblance; correspondence; similarity; as, a sameness of person, of manner, of s…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Narrower term 3

Identification 76% connected

The act of identifying, or proving to be the same; also, the state of being identified.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Oneness 76% connected

The state of being one; singleness in number; individuality; unity.

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Unity 76% connected

The state of being one; oneness.

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Derivationally related 6

Identical 74% connected

The same; the selfsame; the very same; not different; as, the identical person or thing.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Identical 74% connected

The same; the selfsame; the very same; not different; as, the identical person or thing.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Identify 74% connected

To make to be the same; to unite or combine in such a manner as to make one; to treat as being one or having the same purpose or effect; to consider…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Identify 74% connected

To make to be the same; to unite or combine in such a manner as to make one; to treat as being one or having the same purpose or effect; to consider…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Name 74% connected

The title by which any person or thing is known or designated; a distinctive specific appellation, whether of an individual or a class.

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Name 74% connected

The title by which any person or thing is known or designated; a distinctive specific appellation, whether of an individual or a class.

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Identicalness 92% connected

The quality or state of being identical; sameness.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Individuality 92% connected

The quality or state of being individual or constituting an individual; separate or distinct existence; oneness; unity.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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