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identifiability

identifiability

7.7
How easy it is to recognise or tell something apart from others
  • noun
  • /ˌaɪdɛntɪfɪˈaɪbɪlɪti/
translation icon : identificabilidad
  • The identifiability of unique data points in the analysis was crucial for drawing reliable conclusions from the experiment.
  • identifiability condition
  • low identifiability
  • high identifiability

Examples

  • The identifiability of each student's work in the project helped the teacher assess their individual contributions accurately.

  • Reasons for this are that each member of the first type of group has enough at stake to induce individual action, and that the relatively small number and identifiability of the group members facilitate communication and joint action.

    Academic text (1992)

  • So how can this kind of emotion research help us in understanding the identifiability effect and perhaps mitigating it?

  • We asked the subjects in the high-identifiability conditions to put their ideas in separate boxes so that we would be able to identify individual output.

    Academic text (1993)

  • The degree of task involvement and output identifiability were manipulated.

    Academic text (1993)

  • Thus, the subjects in the high-involving tasks generated more ideas, regardless of the identifiability of their group output.

    Academic text (1993)

  • The identifiability of the translator of a text that originates in a foreign language makes for subtle attributional problems in which different levels of stylistic versatility and different ideas of translation and imitation have a bearing.

    Academic text (2002)

  • In the study, the identifiability of participants allowed researchers to analyze how personal characteristics influenced their decision-making.

Synonyms

distinctiveness
vsidentifiability
4 6.0

A quality that makes someone or something stand out from others

refers to the general ability to be identified, not just a trait
recognizability
vsidentifiability
  • US
1 5.1

How easy it is to notice or identify something

is about being identifiable even when recognition may not be easy
distinctness
vsidentifiability
1 5.5

How clear and easy to recognize a shape or sound is

concerns being identifiable, not only having clear sharpness
distinguishability
vsidentifiability
8.1

How easy it is to see that something is different from others

is the same concept framed as general ability to be identified
discernability
vsidentifiability
7.5

How easy it is to see or tell things apart

focuses on being identifiable rather than only on sensory perception
noticeableness
vsidentifiability
4.8

How easy something is to see or understand

relates to being identifiable rather than merely being visible

How Identifiable

recognizability
  • US
1 5.1
identifiability
7.7
anonymity
106 6.5

Surface Forms

identifiability singular
identifiabilities plural

Morphology

identifiability = identifiable (transparent) = identify + able + ity

The noun is formed by adding the noun-forming suffix '-ity' to the adjective 'identifiable', which itself is transparently formed from 'identify' + '-able'.

Etymology

The word identifiability comes from identify and identity, which come from Latin parts meaning 'same' (idem) and 'make' (facere), plus -able meaning 'able to' and -ity meaning 'a quality'. So identifiability is the quality of being able to be recognized or told apart from others, like a clear face or a product you can easily spot.