Identification Word Meaning

mid 17th century: originally from medieval Latin identificat- ‘identified’, from the verb identificare; later from identify

the action or process of identifying someone or something or the fact of being identified

action or process of identifying

• each child was tagged with a number for identification
• it may be impossible for relatives to make positive identifications

a person's sense of identity with someone or something

sense of identity with someone or something

• children's identification with story characters

the association or linking of one thing with another

association of one thing with another

• the lesser value attributed to humility is often due to the mistaken identification of humility with lowness