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Definition: Identity |
IdentityNoun1. The distinct personality of an individual regarded as a persisting entity: "you can lose your identity when you join the army". 2. Collective aspect of the set of characteristics by which a thing is recognizable or known. 3. An operator that leaves unchanged the element on which it operates; "the identity under numerical multiplication is 1". 4. Exact sameness; "they shared an identity of interests". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "identity" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
Etymology: Identity \I*den"ti*ty\, noun; plural Identities. [French identit['e], Late Latin identitas, from Latin idem the same, from the root of is he, that; compare to Sanskrit idam this. Compare to Item.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | An equation satisfied for all possible choices of values for the variables involved. Source: European Union. (references) |
Military & Defense | A state achieved when groups of individuals, organizations or nations use common doctrine, procedures or equipment. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A. In X-ray crystallography, the distance along a crystallographic between like points in a lattice. b. In geometrical crystallography, the completion of a sequence of symmetry operations, e.g., four rotations of 90 degrees each about atetrad. e.g., four rotations of 90 degrees each about atetrad. (references) |
Post & Telecom | A sequence of one or more characters transmitted by a station in order to identify itself. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
See identity (disambiguation) for other usages of this term.
In metaphysics, identity is the quality of being "the same". Philosophers ask:
A traditional view is that of Gottfried Leibniz, who held that x is the same as y if and only if every predicate true of x is true of y as well.
- What does it mean for an object to be the same as itself?
- What does it mean for an object to be the same, if it changes over time? (Is applet the same as applet+1?)
- If an object's parts are entirely replaced over time, as in the Ship of Theseus example, in what way is it the same?
Leibniz's ideas have taken root in the philosophy of mathematics, where they have influenced the development of the predicate calculus as Leibniz's law. Mathematicians sometimes distinguish identity from equality. More mundanely, an identity in mathematics may be an equation that holds true for all values of a variable.
More recent metaphysicians have discussed trans-world identity -- the notion that there can be the same object in different possible worlds.
Two objects can be called identical, meaning that they have the same shape, size and other properties. Thus, when we interchange the two objects, we do not see any difference. However, in terms of a stricter sense of identity, the initial and final situation are different. By observing not just the initial and final situation but the move itself, we can know this. In cognition, identity is discussed in terms of whether or not an individual is self-reflective (i.e., whether it is aware of its own identity). For example, in 2002, some papers indicated that dolphins possess the ability to identify themselves in mirrors.
The psychological idea of identity in humans is tied up in self-image, one's view or model of oneself. Psychologists and counsellors interest themselves in psychological identity: an individual person's sense of self. In sociological and political terms, identity is individuals' labeling of themselves as members of particular groups -- such as nation, social class, subculture, ethnicity, gender, and so forth. It is in this sense which sociologists and historians speak of a national identity of a particular country, and feminist and queer theorists speak of gender identity.
Many people feel pride in their identity groups, which furthers a sense of community and belonging. Often they will attempt to add to their identity by behaving in certain ways that have only a superficial connection, often the behavior wasn't even established within the group, but through the stereotypes of oppressors. Though, it should not be mistaken that all people who identify a certain way attempt to add more to it. Identity has been a central element of pride movements such as gay pride or black consciousness, which seek to strengthen politically oppressed groups by improving members' sense of identity. However, many consider a national or ethnic identity as a cultural background for demagoguery, ethnic and religious conflicts, and the like. To designers of secure computer systems, identity is a core concept of authentication. Identity theft is said to occur when one person gains control of credentials (such as credit card numbers or passwords) which belong to another, thus becoming able to masquerade as the "stolen" identity. Identity might rely on:
1 This is individual only to you, unless an administrative mistake is made, or someone gets hold of this number by reading it from paper in your trash.
- Name
- Address
- Credit card number 1
- Postcode or Zip code
- Phone number
- National Insurance number (UK) 1
- DNA 2
- Iris in the eye 3
- Fingerprints 4
- Birthmarks
- Dental records 5
- Tattoos 6
2 This is individual to you, your identical twin, your clone, or anyone who can obtain a sample of your DNA and amplify it 3 This is individual only to you, or anyone wearing a suitable contact lens with the pattern of your iris on, or the 1% of the population who will be recognised as you as a false positive. 4 This is individual only to you, unless someone copies your fingerprint off any clean surface using a digital camera and then prints it out and transfers it to a relief pattern on a piece of gel. 5 This is individual only to you. Be prepared to have a dental X-ray every time you need to identify yourself. 6 This could be individual only to you: watch out. See ka-tzetnik. Note: all of the other identifiers listed are unlikely to be unique to you, and allow confusion between yourself and the previous or subsequent occupants of your address and users of your phone number.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Identity."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
In mathematics, an identity is an equality that remains true regardless of the values of any variables that appear within it.
Identities for classes of functions
- Logarithmic identities
- Exponential identities
- Trigonometric identities
- Hyperbolic function identities
- Hypergeometric function identities
- Combinatorial identities
Named identities
- Bézout's identity
- Euler's identity
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Identity (mathematics)."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
In mathematics, an identity element (or neutral element) is a special type of element of a set with respect to a binary operation on that set.
The term identity element is often shortened to identity when there is no possibility of confusion, and we will do so in this article.
Let S be a set with a binary operation * on it. Then an element e of S is called a left identity if e * a = a for all a in S, and a right identity if a * e = a for all a in S. If e is both a left identity and a right identity, then it is called a two-sided identity, or simply an identity.
For example, if (S,*) denotes the real numbers with addition, then 0 is an identity. If (S,*) denotes the real numbers with multiplication, then 1 is an identity. If (S,*) denotes the n-by-n square matrices with addition, then the zero matrix is an identity. If (S,*) denotes the n-by-n matrices with multiplication, then the identity matrix is an identity. If (S,*) denotes the set of all functions from a set M to itself, with function composition as operation, then the identity map is an identity. If S has only two elements, e and f, and the operation * is defined by e * e = f * e = e and f * f = e * f = f, then both e and f are left identities, but there is no right or two-sided identity.
As the last example shows, it is possible for (S,*) to have several left identities. In fact, every element can be a left identity. Similarly, there can be several right identities. But if there is both a right identity and a left identity, then they are equal and there is just a single two-sided identity. To see this, note that if l is a left identity and r is a right identity then l = l * r = r. In particular, there can never be more than one two-sided identity.
If e is an identity of (S,*) and a * b = e, then a is called a left inverse of b and b is called a right inverse of a. If an element x is both a left inverse and a right inverse of y, then x is called a two-sided inverse, or simply an inverse, of y.
As with identities, it is possible for an element y to have several left inverses or several right inverses. y can even have several left inverses and several right inverses. However if the operation * is associative, then if y has both a left inverse and a right inverse, then they are equal.
See also: Additive inverse, Group, Monoid, Quasigroup.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Identity element."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
An identity function f is a function which doesn't have any effect: it always returns the same value that was used as its argument.Formally, if M is a set, we define the identity function idM on M to be that function with domain and codomain M which satisfies
If f : M → N is any function, then we have f o idM = f = idN o f. In particular, idM is the identity element of the monoid of all functions from M to M.
- idM(x) = x for all elements x in M.
When choosing M equal to the positive integers, one obtains the identity function Id(n), which is a multiplicative function considered in number theory.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Identity function."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| ID | English | Identity | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: IdentitySynonyms: identicalness (n), identity element (n), identity operator (n), indistinguishability (n), individuality (n). (additional references) |
| Synonyms by domain: i-d (public administration), identifier (post & telecom). |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Equality | Equivalence; equipollence, equipoise, equilibrium, equiponderance; par, quits, a wash; not a pin to choose; distinction without a difference, six of one and half a dozen of the other; tweedle dee and tweedle dum;equivalence; equipollence, equipoise, equilibrium, equiponderance; par, quits, a wash; not a pin to choose; distinction without a difference, six of one and half a dozen of the other; tweedle dee and tweedle dum; identity; similarity. |
Identity | Treat as the same, render the same, identical; identify;treat as the same, render the same, identical; identify; recognize the identity of. |
Noun: iden sameness; coincidence, coalescence; convertibility; equality; selfness, self, oneself; identification. | |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Unsure on identity, possibly, a historical state director for the BLM. Credit: Unknown. |  | Sinking at Ulithi, 20 November 1944. The capsized ship's bottom can be seen at the base of the flames, with bow or stern toward the left. NOTE: Identification provided above is provisional. The original caption reads: " Casualty at Iwo Jima -- While the battle raged ashore, a U.S. Tanker goes up in flame and smoke as the result of enemy action." The identity of this ship, if lost at Iwo Jima, is unknown. However, the circumstances seen in the photo appear to be correct for the loss of USS Mississinewa. The presence of many anchored cargo ships and oilers, plus the several fleet tugs and salvage ships, looks more like Ulithi than Iwo Jima. Credit: NAVY. |
 | Just a case of mistaken identity. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| "Up Close & Personal 2" by Lynn Cummings Commentary: "Many of you have asked to know the identity of my model in the Retro Man series. He's my son, user: Omek. Please, as a courtesy, would you let me know if you use this image? Thank you." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. |
| Author | Quotation |
Robert Louis Stevenson | A faculty for idleness implies a catholic appetite and a strong sense of personal identity. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Humanity is identity. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Genetic testing results can affect self-image, self-esteem, and individual and family identity. (references) | |
Howard T. Ricketts was the first to establish the identity of the infectious organism that causes this disease. (references) | ||
The control of cell identity along the dorsoventral axis of the spinal cord illustrates how these developmental systems operate. (references) | ||
Business | In U.S. agricultural production, 8% of the harvest is traced with identity preservation systems. (references) | |
Separation and identity preservation (IP) ensure traceability of foodstuffs, their ingredients, additives or enzymes. (references) | ||
Identity preservation (IP) is a management system, which allows the source and/or nature of materials to be identified. (references) | ||
Children | Bolivia | Many children, particularly from rural areas, lack the birth certificates and identity documents they need to secure social benefits and protection. (references) |
Jordan | Furthermore, illegitimate children who are not acknowledged legally by their fathers are considered stateless and are not given passports or identity numbers. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Turkey | Religious affiliation is listed on national identity cards. (references) |
Discrimination | Bhutan | Ongoing government efforts to cultivate a national identity rooted in the language, religion, and culture of the Ngalong ethnic group restrict cultural expression by other ethnic groups. (references) |
Economic History | Spain | Necessary documents: a photocopy of C.I.F. (tax identification code) and identity card. (references) |
Vietnam | Vietnam's identity has been shaped by long-running conflicts, both internally and with foreign forces. (references) | |
Human Rights | Colombia | The identity and fate of the other persons reportedly kidnaped has never been confirmed. (references) |
Netherlands | An additional period of 6 hours may be ordered if needed to establish the suspect's identity. (references) | |
Ethiopia | After registration applicants received identity cards and residence permits valid for 6 months. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Sri Lanka | Under a pilot program, Veddas received special identity cards to enable their use of these forest areas. (references) |
Paraguay | Lack of access to sufficient land also hinders the ability of indigenous groups to progress economically and maintain their cultural identity. (references) | |
Ecuador | While at least 85 percent of all citizens claim some indigenous heritage, those who maintain their indigenous cultural identity and live in indigenous communities comprise between 15 and 20 percent of the total population. (references) | |
Minorities | Azerbaijan | Most shield their identity or try to leave Azerbaijan. (references) |
Rwanda | It eliminated references to ethnic origin from the national identity card. (references) | |
Greece | Debate also has arisen over Albanian immigrants' rights to Greek national identity. (references) | |
Political Economy | Sudan | In addition the Government did not record the identity of the abductors in these cases and chose not to prosecute them. (references) |
Sudan | Movement generally was unhindered for other citizens outside the war zones, but travelers who failed to produce an identity card at checkpoints risked arrest. (references) | |
Luxembourg | While the Grand Duke's role in government is now largely ceremonial, the Royal Family still enjoys widespread popular support and is perceived by most Luxembourgers as a symbol of national identity. (references) | |
Political Rights | Peru | The ONPE administers elections and the RENIEC issues election identity documents. (references) |
Senegal | ONEL also noted that national identity card applications were processed illegally in some instances. (references) | |
Mauritania | Prior to the elections in October, the Government completed the distribution of hard-to-falsify identity cards. (references) | |
Trade | Israel | The approved exporter will be given an identity number to be stamped on all invoices. (references) |
Canada | Product Identity Declaration: describes a product's common or generic name, or its function. (references) | |
Canada | Authority for review and approval of all prospective foreign investments in industries related to Canadian culture, heritage or national identity rests with the Minister for Canadian Heritage. (references) | |
Travel | Spain | Applicants for replacement passports must present evidence of identity and citizenship. (references) |
Nigeria | The most important precaution for business visitors is to be met on arrival at the airport by a known and trusted associate, or other person whose identity can be verified. (references) | |
Uk | Visitors in England, Scotland and Wales are not expected to produce identity documents for police authorities and thus may secure their passports in hotel safes or residences. (references) | |
Women | Saudi Arabia | In 1999 the Ministry of Interior announced that preparations were underway to issue identity cards to women, which would represent a step toward allowing women to establish independent legal identities from men. (references) |
Worker Rights | India | Most victims of trafficking do not possess identity documents. (references) |
Russia | However, a gap in the law, which fails to establish the employer's legal identity, often makes collective agreements ineffective. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | OPIATE, n. An unlocked door in the prison of Identity. It leads into the jail yard. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | In Eastern Europe restless nations are slowly beginning to assert their identity. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | The very heart of our identity as a nation is our firm commitment to human rights. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | We Americans have forged our identity, our very union, from every point of view and every point on the planet, every different opinion. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Identity" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.82% of the time. "Identity" is used about 3,953 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.82% | 3,946 | 2,488 |
| Noun (common) | 0.1% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.08% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 3,953 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "identity": calling line identity ♦ cell identity ♦ doctrine of identity ♦ establish smb.'s identity ♦ Gender Identity ♦ geographically unique identity ♦ globally unique identity ♦ identity card ♦ identity check ♦ identity crisis ♦ identity disc ♦ identity disk ♦ identity element ♦ identity matrix ♦ identity number ♦ identity of views ♦ identity operator ♦ identity papers ♦ identity photograph ♦ identity tag ♦ locally unique identity ♦ loss of identity ♦ mistaken identity ♦ multiplicative identity ♦ personal identity ♦ proactive GSM subscriber identity module ♦ proof of identity ♦ radio identity code ♦ recognize the identity of ♦ Rythmic Identity MEasurement ♦ subscriber identity module ♦ system of identity ♦ system or doctrine of identity. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "identity": identity-card, identity-computation, identity-construction, identity-crisis, identity-erasing, identity-formation, identity-perception, identity-shy, identity-the, identity-thinking. | |
Ending with "identity": ego-identity, particular-identity, self-identity. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "identity"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | identitet, njëjtësi (sameness), ngjashmëri (analogy, correspondence, image, kinship, likeness, parallel, parallelism, propinquity, resemblance, sameness, similarity, similitude), gjasim (affinity, likeness, resemblance, sameness, similarity). (various references) | |
Arabic | مطابقة (accord, accordance, conformity, correspondence, stratification), هوية ذاتية (personality), هوية, وحدة (collective, community, isolation, loneliness, oneness, singularity, solitude, togetherness, unit, unity), تماثل (community, homogeneity, identification, identify, like, likeness, oneness, resemble, sameness, self identification, similarity, symmetry, sympathize, uniformity), تجانس (analogy, assort, homogeneity, sympathize), طابق (conform, flat, floor, storey, stratify, tier), المعادلة المتطابقة. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | самоличност, тъждество, тъждественост (sameness), еднаквост (equality, oneness, parity, sameness, uniformity), идентичност (sameness). (various references) | |
Chinese | 身份 (status), 身分 (Identities). (various references) | |
Czech | identita (id, identity card), totožnost (oneness, sameness). (various references) | |
Danish | identitet (ID code, identifier). (various references) | |
Dutch | identiteit. (various references) | |
Esperanto | idento. (various references) | |
Farsi | هویت (Personality), عینیت , اصلیت (Paternity, Reality), شناساءی (Cognizance, Recognition, Reconnaissance), شخصیت (Character, Individuality, Personage, Personality, Self). (various references) | |
Finnish | identtisyys, identti, identiteetti, tunniste (ID code, identifier, tag), samuus (sameness), samanlaisuus (resemblance, similarity), nimi (appellation, name, title), henkilöllisyys. (various references) | |
French | identité. (various references) | |
German | identität (idendity), gleichheit (alikeness, analogousness, correspondence, draw, equality, parity, sameness, similarity, uniformity). (various references) | |
Greek | ταυτότητα (community, identification, identity card). (various references) | |
Hebrew | זהות (oneness, sameness). (various references) | |
Hungarian | személyazonosság (proof of one's identity), azonosság (congeniality, oneness, sameness). (various references) | |
Indonesian | ciri-ciri. (various references) | |
Italian | identità (identicalness, ideogram). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 素性 (birth, history, lineage, origin), 素姓 (background, birth, lineage, parentage), 同一 (equality, fairness, sameness, similarity), 氏名 (full name), 氏名 (full name), 恒等式 , アイディア商品 (Ainu, idealist, identification, identification card, identify, identity card, idle capital, idle cost, idle system, idle time, idling, idol, novelty). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | すじょう (background, birth, history, lineage, origin, parentage), しめい (designate, errand, fate, full name, life or death, message, mission, name, nominate), どういつ (equality, fairness, sameness, similarity), こうとうしき, アイデンティティー , アイデンティティ . (various references) | |
Korean | 신원 (Identities). (various references) | |
Manx | unnaneys (oneness, sameness, singular, singularize), persoonaght, enney (acquaintance, acquaintanceship, awareness, cognition, consciousness, knowledge, recognition), cheddinaght. (various references) | |
Norwegian | identitet. (various references) | |
Papiamen | identidat. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | identityay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | identidade (id, sameness). (various references) | |
Romanian | identitate (oneness, sameness), unitate (concurrence, conformity, integer, oneness, organization, uniformity, union, unit, unity, whole), egalitate (conformity, draw, equality, par, parity, regularity, resemblance, sameness, similarity, tie, uniformity). (various references) | |
Russian | тождество. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | istovetnost (commonality), identitet. (various references) | |
Spanish | identidad (oneness). (various references) | |
Swedish | identitet (ID code, identifier). (various references) | |
Thai | บุคลิกลักษณะ, ความเหมือนกัน (likeness). (various references) | |
Turkish | kimlik (certificate, i.d., identification), kişilik (character, fiber, fibre, for ... persons, for person, humanity, personality, seated, seater, self, stature), hüviyet, benzerlik (affinity, analogy, approach, community, comparison, conformity, congeniality, kinship, likeness, mimicry, parallel, parallelism, parity, propinquity, resemblance, sameness, similar, similarity, similitude), aynılık (sameness, similar, uniformity), özdeşlik (consubstantiality, identicalness). (various references) | |
Turkmen | юahsyяet (personality), юahs (personality). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | індивідуальність (egoity, individuality, personality, selfhood), справжність (authenticity, genuineness, originality, reality), ідентичність (oneness), тотожність (oneness, sameness). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | tính đồng nhất (homogeneity, homogeneousness), sự giống hệt cá tính, nét để nhận dạng, nét để nhận biết (identification), đặc tính (characteristic, ethos, idiocrasy, idiosyncrasy, speciality). (various references) | |
Welsh | unoliaeth (oneness, unity), hunaniaeth. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Late Latin | 300-700 | identitas. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "identity": nonidentity. (additional references) | |
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"Identity" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: bidentate, Difenditi, idendity, idenity, identiry, identitiy, indentity. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "identity" (pronounced īde"ntutē or īde"nutē) |
| 6 | -e" n t u t ē | entity, nonentity. |
| 5 | -n t u t ē | quantity. |
| 4 | -t u t ē | chastity, sanctity. |
| 3 | -u t ē | absurdity, acceptability, accessibility, ability, abnormality, accountability, acidity, activity, actuality, acuity, adaptability, admissibility, adversity, advisability, affinity, affordability, aggressivity, agility, alacrity, alkalinity, ambiguity, amenity, amiability, amity, analyticity, animosity, annuity, anonymity, antiquity, anxiety, applicability, atrocity, audacity, austerity, authenticity, authority, availability, banality, barbarity, believability, bestiality, biodiversity, bisexuality, brevity, brutality, calamity, capability, capacity, captivity, causality, cavity, celebrity, centrality, charity, civility, clarity, collegiality, commodity, commonality, community, comparability, compatibility, complexity, complicity, comprehensibility, conditionality, conductivity, confidentiality, conformity, congeniality, congruity, connectivity, constitutionality, continuity, convertibility, creativity, credibility, credulity, criminality, criticality, crotchety, culpability, curiosity, cyclicality, debility, deductibility, deformity, deity, deniability, density, dependability, depravity, deputy, desirability, dexterity, dignity, dimensionality, disability, discontinuity, irresponsibility, irritability, laity, laxity, legality, disparity, dissimilarity, disunity, diversity, divinity, docility, domesticity, duality, ductility, duplicity, durability, eccentricity, elasticity, electability, electricity, eligibility, enforceability, enmity, enormity, equality, equanimity, equity, eternity, ethnicity, eventuality, exclusivity, expressivity, extraterritoriality, extremity, facility, fallibility, falsity, familiarity, fatality, feasibility, Felicity, femininity, ferocity, fertility, festivity, fidelity, finality, flammability, flexibility, fluidity, formality, fragility, fraternity, frivolity, frugality, functionality, futility, generality, generosity, geniality, gentility, gratuity, gravity, gullibility, heredity, heterogeneity, heterosexuality, hilarity, homogeneity, homosexuality, hospitality, hostility, humanity, humidity, humility, hyperactivity, hypersensitivity, illegality, illiquidity, immaturity, immobility, immorality, immortality, immunity, impartiality, impersonality, impossibility, impropriety, impunity, impurity, inability, inaccessibility, inactivity, incapacity, incivility, incompatibility, incongruity, incredulity, indemnity, indestructibility, indignity, individuality, inequality, inequity, inevitability, infallibility, inferiority, infertility, infidelity, infinity, infirmity, inflexibility, informality, ingenuity, inhumanity, insanity, insecurity, insensitivity, instability, instrumentality, insularity, integrity, intensity, invincibility, invisibility, invulnerability, irrationality, irregularity, legibility, lethality, levity, liability, liberality, liquidity, lividity, locality, longevity, majority, malleability, maneuverability, marketability, masculinity, materiality, maternity, maturity, mediocrity, mendacity, mentality, minority, miscibility, mobility, modality, modernity, monstrosity, morality, morbidity, mortality, motility, multiplicity, municipality, musicality, mutuality, nationality, nativity, necessity, negativity, neutrality, nobility, Nonconformity, nonutility, normality, notoriety, nudity, obesity, objectivity, obscenity, obscurity, oddity, opacity, opportunity, originality, overcapacity, oversensitivity, palatability, parity, partiality, particularity, passivity, paternity, paucity, peculiarity, permeability, perpetuity, perplexity, personality, perversity, piety, plausibility, plurality, polarity, polity, pomposity, popularity, portability, possibility, posterity, practicality, predictability, principality, priority, probability, probity, proclivity, productivity, profanity, profitability, progressivity, promiscuity, propensity, proportionality, propriety, prosperity, proximity, publicity, punctuality, purity, quality, radioactivity, rapidity, rarity, rationality, reactivity, readability, reality, receptivity, reciprocity, reflexivity, regularity, relativity, reliability, religiosity, respectability, responsibility, retroactivity, rickety, rigidity, salinity, sanity, scarcity, seasonality, security, selectivity, senility, seniority, sensibility, sensitivity, sensuality, sentimentality, serendipity, serenity, severity, sexuality, similarity, simplicity, sincerity, sobriety, society, solemnity, solidarity, solidity, sorority, speciality, specificity, spirituality, spontaneity, stability, sterility, stupidity, subjectivity, suitability, superconductivity, superfluidity, superiority, supermajority, surety, survivability, susceptibility, sustainability, technicality, temerity, tenacity, theatricality, timidity, tonality, totality, toxicity, tranquility, transferability, Trinity, triviality, turbidity, ubiquity, unanimity, unavailability, unfamiliarity, uniformity, unity, universality, university, unpopularity, unpredictability, unreality, unreliability, uppity, utility, validity, vanity, variability, variety, varsity, velocity, velvety, venality, veracity, Verity, versatility, viability, vicinity, virginity, virility, virtuosity, viscosity, visibility, vitality, volatility, voracity, vulgarity, vulnerability. |
| 5 | -e" n u t ē | amenity, obscenity, serenity. |
| 4 | -n u t ē | affinity, alkalinity, community, dignity, disunity, divinity, eternity, femininity, fraternity, humanity, immunity, impunity, indemnity, indignity, infinity, inhumanity, insanity, masculinity, maternity, modernity, opportunity, paternity, profanity, salinity, sanity, solemnity, Trinity, unity, vanity, vicinity, virginity. |
| 3 | -u t ē | absurdity, acceptability, accessibility, ability, abnormality, accountability, acidity, activity, actuality, acuity, adaptability, admissibility, adversity, advisability, affordability, aggressivity, agility, alacrity, ambiguity, amiability, amity, analyticity, animosity, annuity, anonymity, antiquity, anxiety, applicability, atrocity, audacity, austerity, authenticity, authority, availability, banality, barbarity, believability, bestiality, biodiversity, bisexuality, brevity, brutality, calamity, capability, capacity, captivity, causality, cavity, celebrity, centrality, charity, chastity, civility, clarity, collegiality, commodity, commonality, comparability, compatibility, complexity, complicity, comprehensibility, conditionality, conductivity, confidentiality, conformity, congeniality, congruity, connectivity, constitutionality, continuity, convertibility, creativity, credibility, credulity, criminality, criticality, crotchety, culpability, curiosity, cyclicality, debility, deductibility, deformity, deity, deniability, density, dependability, depravity, deputy, desirability, dexterity, dimensionality, disability, discontinuity, irresponsibility, irritability, laity, laxity, legality, disparity, dissimilarity, diversity, docility, domesticity, duality, ductility, duplicity, durability, eccentricity, elasticity, electability, electricity, eligibility, enforceability, enmity, enormity, entity, equality, equanimity, equity, ethnicity, eventuality, exclusivity, expressivity, extraterritoriality, extremity, facility, fallibility, falsity, familiarity, fatality, feasibility, Felicity, ferocity, fertility, festivity, fidelity, finality, flammability, flexibility, fluidity, formality, fragility, frivolity, frugality, functionality, futility, generality, generosity, geniality, gentility, gratuity, gravity, gullibility, heredity, heterogeneity, heterosexuality, hilarity, homogeneity, homosexuality, hospitality, hostility, humidity, humility, hyperactivity, hypersensitivity, illegality, illiquidity, immaturity, immobility, immorality, immortality, impartiality, impersonality, impossibility, impropriety, impurity, inability, inaccessibility, inactivity, incapacity, incivility, incompatibility, incongruity, incredulity, indestructibility, individuality, inequality, inequity, inevitability, infallibility, inferiority, infertility, infidelity, infirmity, inflexibility, informality, ingenuity, insecurity, insensitivity, instability, instrumentality, insularity, integrity, intensity, invincibility, invisibility, invulnerability, irrationality, irregularity, legibility, lethality, levity, liability, liberality, liquidity, lividity, locality, longevity, majority, malleability, maneuverability, marketability, materiality, maturity, mediocrity, mendacity, mentality, minority, miscibility, mobility, modality, monstrosity, morality, morbidity, mortality, motility, multiplicity, municipality, musicality, mutuality, nationality, nativity, necessity, negativity, neutrality, nobility, Nonconformity, nonentity, nonutility, normality, notoriety, nudity, obesity, objectivity, obscurity, oddity, opacity, originality, overcapacity, oversensitivity, palatability, parity, partiality, particularity, passivity, paucity, peculiarity, permeability, perpetuity, perplexity, personality, perversity, piety, plausibility, plurality, polarity, polity, pomposity, popularity, portability, possibility, posterity, practicality, predictability, principality, priority, probability, probity, proclivity, productivity, profitability, progressivity, promiscuity, propensity, proportionality, propriety, prosperity, proximity, publicity, punctuality, purity, quality, quantity, radioactivity, rapidity, rarity, rationality, reactivity, readability, reality, receptivity, reciprocity, reflexivity, regularity, relativity, reliability, religiosity, respectability, responsibility, retroactivity, rickety, rigidity, sanctity, scarcity, seasonality, security, selectivity, senility, seniority, sensibility, sensitivity, sensuality, sentimentality, serendipity, severity, sexuality, similarity, simplicity, sincerity, sobriety, society, solidarity, solidity, sorority, speciality, specificity, spirituality, spontaneity, stability, sterility, stupidity, subjectivity, suitability, superconductivity, superfluidity, superiority, supermajority, surety, survivability, susceptibility, sustainability, technicality, temerity, tenacity, theatricality, timidity, tonality, totality, toxicity, tranquility, transferability, triviality, turbidity, ubiquity, unanimity, unavailability, unfamiliarity, uniformity, universality, university, unpopularity, unpredictability, unreality, unreliability, uppity, utility, validity, variability, variety, varsity, velocity, velvety, venality, veracity, Verity, versatility, viability, virility, virtuosity, viscosity, visibility, vitality, volatility, voracity, vulgarity, vulnerability. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-i-i-n-t-t-y" | |
-2 letters: entity, indite, tineid, tinted. | |
-3 letters: deity, ditty, indie, netty, nitid, nitty, teiid, teind, tenty, tined, tyned. | |
-4 letters: deni, dent, deny, diet, dine, dint, dite, dyne, edit, inti, nett, nide, nidi, nite, tend, tent, tide, tidy, tied, tine, tint, tiny, titi, tyin, tyne, yeti, yett. | |
-5 letters: den, dey, die, din, dit, dye, end, net, nit. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-i-i-n-t-t-y" | |
+3 letters: intrepidity, nonidentity. | |
+4 letters: detonability, interdictory, intertidally. | |
+5 letters: clandestinity, distinctively, equidistantly, extendability, interindustry, intoxicatedly, underactivity, unmitigatedly. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Images: Photo Album | 5. Images: Digital Art 6. Quotations: Familiar 7. Quotations: Fiction 8. Quotations: Non-fiction | 9. Quotations: Speeches 10. Usage Frequency 11. Expressions 12. Expressions: Internet | 13. Translations: Modern 14. Translations: Ancient 15. Abbreviations 16. Acronyms | 17. Derivations 18. Rhymes 19. Anagrams 20. Bibliography |
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