identity
/aɪˈdentəti/ noun [C, U]Definition
PERSON › who someone is: They promised to keep her identity secret. Police are trying to establish the identity of a woman seen walking away from the accident.
DIFFERENT FROM › the things that make one person or group of people different from others: cultural/national identity
(Definition of identity noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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