identity
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- noun
- /aɪˈdɛntɪti/
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identidad digital
- To access the online banking system, you must verify your identity with your password and security questions.
- digital identity
- identity theft
- online identity
First it was synthetic identities, then it was running ads.
- First it was synthetic identities, then it was running ads.
- And so to make that happen, we give it an identity in the prompt.
- So your selfie becomes your identity, not yourself.
- Can you believe that your picture identity was hijacked and used in this way?
- But that's where in income tax identity fraud comes from.
- That not a firewall, but your own personal code that protects your identity and protects your assets.
- I mean, profiling this, this identity behind the computer behaves like a dog.
- Or more accurately, Rick was the man until his identity was compromised next to the carving station.
Examples
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He's been living under somebody else's identity.
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However, such attacks can lead to damaging losses in terms of identity theft, sensitive intellectual property, and customer information.
Academic text (2012) -
It's loss of control, it's dealing with ideas around user identity, and it's time scale.
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You have to protect her identity.
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Indeed, on the internet we have the power "to construct identities," even multiple ones.
Academic text (2008) -
What will be the new and empowering identity that you have for yourself?
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You can't steal my identity to help your cause.
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She has no idea that her identity has been stolen whatsoever.
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In the sphere of tax refunds, identity theft is no small problem.
Academic text (2017) -
It's your new identity.
Synonyms
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2.9
A card or paper that shows who someone is
Antonyms
Compounds
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3.5
Using someone else's personal details without permission to steal money or pretend to be them
- Formal
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A document that shows who you are, like a passport or driver's licence
- Specialized
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3.6
A process of checking documents or fingerprints to confirm someone really is who they say they are
- NSFW
A way people see themselves that mixes Chinese and African American ways of life, like style and speech
- Specialized
An element that leaves other elements unchanged when used with an operation, like 0 for addition or 1 for multiplication
- Specialized
A square table of numbers with ones on the diagonal and zeros elsewhere that acts like one when multiplying matrices
- Jargon
A way of describing sexual attraction that includes many different orientations beyond common labels
How Verified
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3.8
- Specialized
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6.3
- Texting
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4.0
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9.9
Surface Forms
Morphology
identity = identical (semi-transparent) = ident + ity
The digital/credential sense extends the core notion of 'identity' as a representation of who someone is; the morphological components are clear but the technical sense is a specialized extension.
Etymology
Identity comes from the Latin idem, meaning 'the same'. A helpful way to remember the digital sense is to think of a single profile or ID that keeps you 'the same' across websites and apps, which is why a digital identity is the data used to show who you are online.