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substantiation, corroboration, Colloq fingering: Her
identification of him as her attacker is not sufficient to
convict him. 2 classification, classifying, cataloguing,
categorization, categorizing, pigeon-holing: How much time is
needed for the identification of the minerals in the moon rocks?
3 ID, ID card, identity card, badge, credentials: Only
up-to-date identification will be accepted as proof of
ownership. 4 connection, association, affiliation, empathy,
sympathy, rapport, relationship: His continued identification
with comic-book heroes is immature.
identify v. 1 classify, categorize, catalogue, pigeon-hole, sort (out),
specify, pinpoint, home (in) on, name, label, tag, recognize,
place, mark, label, tag, pinpoint, single out, point out, Colloq
put one's finger on: We are unable to identify the butterfly
you caught. 2 connect, associate, relate, ally: She is closely
identified with the success of the enterprise. 3 diagnose,
specify, name, recognize: From the symptoms, the doctor
identified the disease as bubonic plague. 4 Usually, identify
with. empathize (with), sympathize (with), relate (to), Colloq
dig: His problem is that he identifies too closely with his
dog.
identity n. 1 sameness, oneness, unanimity, indistinguishability,
agreement, accord, congruence: Identity of purpose held them
together under stress. 2 personality, individuality,
distinctiveness, uniqueness, particularity, singularity: Many
who join the army lose their identity.
ideology n. belief(s), convictions, tenets, credo, philosophy,
principles, creed, dogma, teachings, doctrine: Buddhism had a
great influence on his ideology.
idiom n. 1 language, tongue, speech, vernacular, dialect, argot,
patois, jargon, cant, idiolect, parlance, fa‡on de parler,
phraseology: The play is written in a rather old-fashioned
idiom. 2 expression, (set) phrase, phrasing, locution, clich‚:
The term red herring , an idiom meaning 'false trail', is used
of something which is neither red nor a herring.
idle adj. 1 unused, inactive, unoccupied, non-operative, stationary:
The looms were idle for months. The devil finds work for idle
hands. 2 unemployed, out of work, redundant, jobless, workless,