Identification
noun
The action or process of identifying someone or something or the fact of being identified.
The identification of the victims was a slow process.
Often appears as...
- personal identification
- positive identification
noun
A means of proving a person's identity, especially in the form of official papers or cards.
He showed his identification to the guard at the gate.
Often appears as...
- prove identification
- show identification
noun
The association of oneself personally with someone or something else.
He felt a strong identification with the struggles of the immigrant community.
Often appears as...
- strong identification
- emotional identification
noun
The process by which a child adopts the values and principles of the same-sex parent.
Freud believed identification with the same-sex parent is important in the development of gender identity.
Often appears as...
- parental identification
- identification theory
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noun
The action or process of identifying someone or something or the fact of being identified.
The identification of the victims was a slow process.
Often appears as...
- personal identification
- positive identification
noun
A means of proving a person's identity, especially in the form of official papers or cards.
He showed his identification to the guard at the gate.
Often appears as...
- prove identification
- show identification
noun
The association of oneself personally with someone or something else.
He felt a strong identification with the struggles of the immigrant community.
Often appears as...
- strong identification
- emotional identification
noun
The process by which a child adopts the values and principles of the same-sex parent.
Freud believed identification with the same-sex parent is important in the development of gender identity.
Often appears as...
- parental identification
- identification theory
Usage tips
Academic
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Identification Process
Refers to steps taken to confirm identity, often official or in formal situations.
Forensic experts were involved in the identification of the remains.
Pro Tip 2/2Crisis Situations
Used when explaining how victims or items are recognized after an accident or disaster.
DNA tests were fundamental for the identification of the earthquake victims.
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A kinder, gentler...
The closer two people are -- in age, in background, in the process of identification -- the more there's a danger of envy, which is incidentally why none of you should ever go to a school reunion, because there is no stronger reference point than people one was at school with. The problem of modern society is it turns the whole world into a school. Everybody's wearing jeans, everybody's the same.
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Are all of your memories...
All of these fallibilities of memory can have real-world impacts. If police interrogations use leading questions with eye witnesses or suspects, suggestibility could result in incorrect identifications or unreliable confessions. Even in the absence of leading questions, misattribution can lead to inaccurate eyewitness testimony.
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Re-writing laws to help...
can assess the effectiveness of these policies look these rights can even help the accused it's just a bad idea to throw away evidence DNA evidence often exonerates they accused these rights will result in the actual identification of real perpetrators the testing of
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Why do we have hair in...
Our armpits, nipples, and pubic areas are dotted with apocrine glands. They produce oily, smelly secretions which the thick, curly hair that often grows in these spots helps disperse. The secretions that waft off these hairy patches may be useful for identification.
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Snow Leopards: Ghosts in...
when setting up we have to change the angle because animals come but you can't get exact spots you know which are important for identification of individuals so every coat is like a fingerprint yeah it's like that yeah so they have unique patterns on the fur
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The race to sequence the...
and created an international collaboration on an unprecedented scale. Since then, robust investment in both the public and private sector has led to the identification of many disease related genes and remarkable advances in sequencing technology.
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Baby Ferret Training...
a unique identification number and we'll just make sure in total 12 kits are going to be released this time round today a box in colorado and tomorrow a new life living wild on the plains of new mexico this project shows what can be achieved
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Why you don’t like the...
at picking up those subtle differences from other people's outward voices. In our lab, we are working on teaching machines to understand those subtle differences. And we use deep learning to create a real-time speaker identification system
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Examining A Lost Queen PIPE...
clues the most important a broken arm found in nearby wrappings the hand once clenched a scepter the symbol of ultimate power in ancient Egypt the sign of a pharaoh or a queen other clues in the identification an indentation from a
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Adorable Baby Animal...
it's just a unique identification number and we'll just make sure in total 12 kits are going to be released this time round today a box in colorado and tomorrow a new life living wild on the plains of
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A kinder, gentler...
The closer two people are -- in age, in background, in the process of identification -- the more there's a danger of envy, which is incidentally why none of you should ever go to a school reunion, because there is no stronger reference point than people one was at school with. The problem of modern society is it turns the whole world into a school. Everybody's wearing jeans, everybody's the same.
Video examples
Are all of your memories...
All of these fallibilities of memory can have real-world impacts. If police interrogations use leading questions with eye witnesses or suspects, suggestibility could result in incorrect identifications or unreliable confessions. Even in the absence of leading questions, misattribution can lead to inaccurate eyewitness testimony.
Video examples
Re-writing laws to help...
can assess the effectiveness of these policies look these rights can even help the accused it's just a bad idea to throw away evidence DNA evidence often exonerates they accused these rights will result in the actual identification of real perpetrators the testing of
Video examples
Why do we have hair in...
Our armpits, nipples, and pubic areas are dotted with apocrine glands. They produce oily, smelly secretions which the thick, curly hair that often grows in these spots helps disperse. The secretions that waft off these hairy patches may be useful for identification.
Video examples
Snow Leopards: Ghosts in...
when setting up we have to change the angle because animals come but you can't get exact spots you know which are important for identification of individuals so every coat is like a fingerprint yeah it's like that yeah so they have unique patterns on the fur
Video examples
The race to sequence the...
and created an international collaboration on an unprecedented scale. Since then, robust investment in both the public and private sector has led to the identification of many disease related genes and remarkable advances in sequencing technology.
Video examples
Baby Ferret Training...
a unique identification number and we'll just make sure in total 12 kits are going to be released this time round today a box in colorado and tomorrow a new life living wild on the plains of new mexico this project shows what can be achieved
Video examples
Why you don’t like the...
at picking up those subtle differences from other people's outward voices. In our lab, we are working on teaching machines to understand those subtle differences. And we use deep learning to create a real-time speaker identification system
Video examples
Examining A Lost Queen PIPE...
clues the most important a broken arm found in nearby wrappings the hand once clenched a scepter the symbol of ultimate power in ancient Egypt the sign of a pharaoh or a queen other clues in the identification an indentation from a
Video examples
Adorable Baby Animal...
it's just a unique identification number and we'll just make sure in total 12 kits are going to be released this time round today a box in colorado and tomorrow a new life living wild on the plains of
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Diana DeGette
American Politician
Individual companies now have the voluntary responsibility of recalling their own products. While many companies have acted properly and swiftly to recall contaminated goods, the delay between the identification of tainted foods and the company's decision to recall those foods leads to the needless sickness of too many Americans.
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Sajid Javid
British Politician
When people go to vote still in Britain, they will look at their local representatives, but I don't think there is a sort of cult of personality politics. Obviously, they want to know who the leader is for each party, but I think there is a lot of identification with their local candidates.
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Uzo Aduba
American Actress
When it comes to inmates, we have boiled them down to just the few things we know about them - their crime, their current life situation, their identification number. But the reality is they were something before they were their crime.
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Ari Graynor
American Actress
A lot of entertainment, and especially in a half-hour format, can be all jokes, all the time. And some of those jokes can be really, really funny, but what I respond to, as a viewers, is identification or caring about the characters.
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John Cameron Mitchell
American Actor
I certainly wanted Hedwig's world to be one where identification and categories are fluid, changing, and confusing, as they are, really, in life.
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Rachel Dolezal
American Activist
Overall, my life has been one of survival, and the decisions that I have made along the way, including my identification, have been to survive.
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Bernard Berenson
American Historian
A complete life may be one ending in so full an identification with the oneself that there is no self left to die.
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Alexander McCall Smith
Scottish Writer
The local community is very important in one's life; the feelings of identification with a place and people.
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Mahima Chaudhry
I do not think that my life starts and ends with films. I do not use my profession as my identification.
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Bianca Jagger
Nicaraguan Celebrity
I feel great identification with the developing world.
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Diana DeGette
American Politician
Individual companies now have the voluntary responsibility of recalling their own products. While many companies have acted properly and swiftly to recall contaminated goods, the delay between the identification of tainted foods and the company's decision to recall those foods leads to the needless sickness of too many Americans.
Quote examples
Sajid Javid
British Politician
When people go to vote still in Britain, they will look at their local representatives, but I don't think there is a sort of cult of personality politics. Obviously, they want to know who the leader is for each party, but I think there is a lot of identification with their local candidates.
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Uzo Aduba
American Actress
When it comes to inmates, we have boiled them down to just the few things we know about them - their crime, their current life situation, their identification number. But the reality is they were something before they were their crime.
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Ari Graynor
American Actress
A lot of entertainment, and especially in a half-hour format, can be all jokes, all the time. And some of those jokes can be really, really funny, but what I respond to, as a viewers, is identification or caring about the characters.
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John Cameron Mitchell
American Actor
I certainly wanted Hedwig's world to be one where identification and categories are fluid, changing, and confusing, as they are, really, in life.
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Rachel Dolezal
American Activist
Overall, my life has been one of survival, and the decisions that I have made along the way, including my identification, have been to survive.
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Bernard Berenson
American Historian
A complete life may be one ending in so full an identification with the oneself that there is no self left to die.
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Alexander McCall Smith
Scottish Writer
The local community is very important in one's life; the feelings of identification with a place and people.
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Mahima Chaudhry
I do not think that my life starts and ends with films. I do not use my profession as my identification.
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Bianca Jagger
Nicaraguan Celebrity
I feel great identification with the developing world.
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