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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 © Cambridge University Press)

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