. Attribute of being a single thing or single kind. In ordinary speech two things may be called numerically identical (or one in number: ‘Persia and Iran are identical’), or identical (or one) in type or species (exactly similar, as with...

Anthropological uses of ‘identity’ are ambiguous. In one sense, the term refers to properties of uniqueness and individuality, the essential differences making a *person distinct from all others, as in ‘self-identity’. In...

Many men profess and practise an essentialist understanding of self. Man is who he is; masculine is what he is. Such certainty of identity ensures that established frameworks of knowledge—and the normalised practices that result—remain...

1. A social construction in which a person comes to see how they are seen in the social world. 2. How each person sees themself. Hence there are both social and...

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Identity may refer to: Philosophy Identity (philosophy), the sameness of two things Identity theory of mind, in the philosophy of mind, holds that the mind is identical to the brain Personal identity (philosophy) Identity (social science) Identity...