'Identification' definitions:
Definition of 'identification'
From: WordNet
noun
The act of designating or identifying something [syn: designation, identification]
noun
Evidence of identity; something that identifies a person or thing
noun
The condition of having the identity (of a person or object) established; "the thief's identification was followed quickly by his arrest"; "identification of the gun was an important clue"
noun
The process of recognizing something or someone by remembering; "a politician whose recall of names was as remarkable as his recognition of faces"; "experimental psychologists measure the elapsed time from the onset of the stimulus to its recognition by the observer" [syn: recognition, identification]
noun
The attribution to yourself (consciously or unconsciously) of the characteristics of another person (or group of persons)
Definition of 'Identification'
From: GCIDE
- Identification \I*den`ti*fi*ca"tion\, n. [Cf. F. identification.] The act of identifying, or proving to be the same; also, the state of being identified. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'identification'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- affiliation,
- allergy,
- anaphylaxis,
- appellation,
- apperception,
- appraisal,
- assessment,
- assimilation,
- association,
- association by contiguity,
- association of ideas,
- authentication,
- badge,
- baptism,
- calligram,
- calling,
- calling card,
- card,
- caring,
- cataloguing,
- categorization,
- categorizing,
- certification,
- characterization,
- chord,
- christening,
- clang association,
- classification,
- classifying,
- coalescence,
- combination,
- concern,
- connection,
- considerateness,
- controlled association,
- corroboration,
- countermark,
- countersign,
- credentials,
- definition,
- delicacy,
- denomination,
- denotation,
- designation,
- detection,
- differentiation,
- disclosure,
- distinguishing,
- distinguishment,
- dog tag,
- echo,
- empathy,
- establishment,
- evaluation,
- expression,
- exquisiteness,
- factoring,
- fellow feeling,
- fineness,
- fingering,
- free association,
- fusion,
- gauging,
- grouping,
- hint,
- hyperesthesia,
- hyperpathia,
- hypersensitivity,
- ID card,
- identification badge,
- identification tag,
- indication,
- indicativeness,
- initials,
- involvement,
- irritability,
- letter of introduction,
- manifestation,
- meaning,
- mental linking,
- merger,
- monogram,
- naming,
- negative transference,
- nervousness,
- nicknaming,
- oversensibility,
- oversensitiveness,
- overtenderness,
- passibility,
- pathos,
- perception,
- perceptiveness,
- perceptivity,
- photophobia,
- picking out,
- pinpointing,
- pointing,
- pointing out,
- pointing to,
- positive transference,
- press card,
- prickliness,
- rapport,
- realization,
- recognition,
- reidentification,
- relating,
- relationship,
- response,
- responsiveness,
- selection,
- sensitiveness,
- sensitivity,
- sensitization,
- serial number,
- sharing,
- show,
- showing,
- sifting,
- sifting out,
- signature,
- signification,
- soreness,
- sorting,
- sorting out,
- specification,
- stream of consciousness,
- styling,
- substantiation,
- suggestion,
- supersensitivity,
- sympathetic chord,
- sympathetic response,
- sympathy,
- symptomaticness,
- synesthesia,
- synthesis,
- tact,
- tactfulness,
- tenderness,
- terming,
- tessera,
- tetchiness,
- thin skin,
- ticklishness,
- touchiness,
- transference,
- unification,
- union,
- verification,
- vibes,
- vibrations,
- visiting card,
- weighing,
- winnowing