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identification
noun
the act of designating or identifying something
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ɪˌdɛntɪfɪˈkeɪʃən
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noun
the act of designating or identifying something
noun
the attribution to yourself (consciously or unconsciously) of the characteristics of another person (or group of persons)
noun
the process of recognizing something or someone by remembering
“a politician whose recall of names was as remarkable as his recognition of faces”
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”
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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
the thief's identification was followed quickly by his arrest
identification of the gun was an important clue
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