definition of
identification

[1] #1 identification n. [designation] the act of designating or identifying something. wn

[2] #2 identification n. evidence of identity; something that identifies a person or thing. wn

[3] #3 identification n. the condition of having the identity (of a person or object) established; "the thief's identification was followed quickly by his arrest"; "identification of the gun was an important clue". wn

[4] #4 identification n. [recognition] 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 t. wn

[5] #5 identification n. the attribution to yourself (consciously or unconsciously) of the characteristics of another person (or group of persons). wn