personal identity
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4.2
- noun
- /ˈpɜrsənl aɪˈdɛntɪti/
:
identidad personal
- Cultural heritage significantly shapes an individual's personal identity and values.
- sense of personal identity
- issue of personal identity
- negotiate a personal identity
I lost my personal identity and it was panic.
- I lost my personal identity and it was panic.
- How, how did you come to a kind of, what was your sense of personal identity in, in the Soviet Union?
- Then the thing that's powering you is faith and your own personal identity.
- The part of the mind that mediates between the conscious and the unconscious and is responsible for a sense of personal identity.
- Let's start with the issue of personal identity.
Examples
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A further 14 statements were used to explore emotional attachment and personal identity.
Academic text (2012) -
What I read has restored my sense of personal identity.
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The focus on personal identity is followed by a focus on family identity and cultural identity.
Academic text (1998) -
How, how did you come to a kind of, what was your sense of personal identity in, in the Soviet Union?
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Such placelessness can lead to an erosion of the traditional basis of personal identity.
Academic text (1997) -
At first, she was hesitant to reveal any details about her personal identity or her location.
Blog text (13) -
The ways in which we envision personal identity are intimately linked to the ways in which we envision culture.
Academic text (1995) -
There is a pivotal need to discover (or rediscover) a positive sense of personal identity, separate from illness and disability.
Academic text (2008) -
Understanding one's personal identity is vital for personal growth and self-acceptance.
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Therapy can help people explore and strengthen their personal identity after traumatic experiences.
Synonyms
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3.9
A person's idea of who they are
660
3.2
The qualities that show who a person or group is
39
4.6
Qualities that make someone or something different from others
20
7.9
Being an individual with identity and legal rights
20
4.9
A person's real self, not the face they show others
2
6.8
Being a person with your own thoughts, feelings, and a sense of who you are
1
8.2
A quality of being a unique person with your own identity
Antonyms
How Clear
3
4.2
12
5.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently derived from combining 'personal' (relating to a particular person) with 'identity' (the characteristics that define someone); a B1 learner who knows both words can infer that it refers to the characteristics that make a person distinct. This adjective+noun composition is a straightforward, cross-linguistically common pattern (e.g. Spanish 'identidad personal'), so the phrase is immediately comprehensible.
Etymology
The phrase personal identity joins personal, meaning about one person, and identity, a word that once meant 'the same over time'. Think of a name tag and a life story people recognize from year to year; that picture shows why the phrase means 'the things that make you the same person over time'.