identification

plural identifications

1. countableuncountablestrictlyThe act of identifying (i.e., which one, which thing).

   In many network protocols, identification is complemented by authentication.

2. broadlycountableoftenuncountableThe combination of identifying (which one, which thing) and validating the identity (proving or confirming it); identifying and authenticating viewed as a unitary concept in cognition.

   Much education and experience is required for proper identification of bird species.

3. countableuncountableThe state of being identified.

   The problem's identification was the first step toward dealing with it.

4. countableA particular instance of identifying something.

   information necessary to make a good identification

5. countableuncountableA document or documents serving as evidence of a person's identity.

   The authorities asked for his identification.

   Synonyms: ID, documents, papers

6. countableuncountableA feeling of support, sympathy, understanding, or belonging towards somebody or something.

   identification with the tribe

   3 more examples

   In several actions where FagRaggers were personally involved […] Brill provided sensitive information about our activities to police. Such intervention revealed Brill's identification with authority and his inadequate understanding of how to change the condition of those without power.

   1979 December 22, Shannon Austin, Chris Garten, Mitzel, Mike Riegle, Tom Reeves, Michael Thompson, Charley Shively, Maya Silverthorne, “Questions re Brill's Death and Police Penetration of Our Community”, in Gay Community News, volume 2, number 22, page 5

   In the English South and Midlands, identification with Britain ran well ahead of identification with the region; in Yorkshire and the northern England, identification with the region ran about equal to identification with Britain; and in Scotland and Wales (but more especially in Scotland) identification with the region ('Scotland' or 'Wales') ran well ahead of identification with Britain.

   1998, Hugh Berrington, Britain in the nineties, page 192

   Though born in New York, he was motivated by a passionate identification with Russia and its culture - he was known to his Russian readers as Pavel Khlebnikov.

   2004 July 15, Carolynne Wheeler, Christopher Reed, “Paul Klebnikov”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 Aug 2013