identification
iden·ti·fi·cation
noun
2.
attribution to yourself (consciously or unconsciously) of the characteristics of another person (or group of persons)
4.
5.
the process of recognizing something or someone by remembering
- “a politician whose recall of names was as remarkable as his recognition of faces”
- “experimental psychologists measure the elapsed time from the onset of the stimulus to its recognition by the observer”
Origin
From French identification.
Phrases
- caller identification
- dental identification
- identification card
- identification division
- identification friend or foe
- identification guide
- identification key
- identification map
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