identities
Who people are
Identities is the plural of identity—the qualities, beliefs, and characteristics that define who someone is.
People hold multiple identities simultaneously: Her identities as mother, artist, and activist sometimes pulled in different directions.
In mathematics, identities are equations true for all values of their variables.
Identity theft and identity politics have made the plural increasingly common.
Inherited cultural legacy
- ethnicityShared cultural heritage group
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- nationalityLegal belonging to country
- traditionsLong-established customs passed down
language · religion · customs · rituals · diaspora · indigenous · homeland · roots
Insight into one's psyche
- individualityUnique personal character
- personalityCharacteristic mental patterns
- characterNature, symbol, or role
- authenticityQuality of being genuine
selfhood · autonomy · introspection · ego · self-concept · self-image · self-esteem · uniqueness
Positions or functions held
- statusOne's relative position
- professionTrained occupational field
- classGrouping by shared traits
- occupationOne's regular paid work
titles · labels · membership · affiliation · in-group · out-group · belonging · stigma
Outside male-female categories
- transgenderGender differs from assignment
- genderfluidVariable gender identity
- cisgenderBirth-sex-identified
- genderqueerOutside the two-category system
agender · bigender · pronouns · transitioning · androgynous · two-spirit · they/them · neo-pronouns
Account identification string
- avatarDigital user representation
- profileSide-facing outline
- handlePart for gripping
- verificationProving something accurate
authentication · anonymity · pseudonym · catfishing · doxxing · biometrics · two-factor · password
Status as state member
- passportGovernment-issued travel credential
- documentationWritten proof or instructions
- IDIdentity document abbreviation
- visaTravel authorization stamp
residency · naturalization · stateless · refugee · asylum · registration · papers · undocumented
Of a country
group · shared · communal · solidarity · movement · diaspora · nationalism · patriotism
heritage
Inherited cultural legacy
- ethnicityShared cultural heritage group
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- nationalityLegal belonging to country
traditions · language · religion · customs · rituals · diaspora · indigenous · homeland · roots · lineage
self-awareness
Insight into one's psyche
- individualityUnique personal character
- personalityCharacteristic mental patterns
- characterNature, symbol, or role
authenticity · selfhood · autonomy · introspection · ego · self-concept · self-image · self-esteem · uniqueness · psyche
roles
Positions or functions held
- statusOne's relative position
- professionTrained occupational field
- classGrouping by shared traits
occupation · titles · labels · membership · affiliation · in-group · out-group · belonging · stigma · stereotype
nonbinary
Outside male-female categories
- transgenderGender differs from assignment
- genderfluidVariable gender identity
- cisgenderBirth-sex-identified
genderqueer · agender · bigender · pronouns · transitioning · androgynous · two-spirit · they/them · neo-pronouns · gender-affirming
username
Account identification string
verification · authentication · anonymity · pseudonym · catfishing · doxxing · biometrics · two-factor · password · credentials
citizenship
Status as state member
- passportGovernment-issued travel credential
- documentationWritten proof or instructions
- IDIdentity document abbreviation
visa · residency · naturalization · stateless · refugee · asylum · registration · papers · undocumented
national
Of a country
political · group · shared · communal · solidarity · movement · diaspora · nationalism · patriotism · allegiance
- things to protectwildlife, endangered species, children, privacy, secrets
- trigonometrysine, cosine, tangent, secant, cosecant
- precalculusfunctions, polynomials, trigonometry, logarithms, exponential functions
- algebravariables, equations, equation, polynomials, algebraic equations
- multiculturalismmulticultural, multiethnic, ethnic diversity, diverse, pluralism
identitiesanonymity
Unknown identity state
anonymities · namelessness · facelessness · obscurity · unknowns
identitiesuniformity
State of being identical
sameness · homogeneity · conformity · interchangeability · indistinguishability
identitiesnon-existence
Absence of any reality
dissolution · ego death · depersonalization · voids · nothingness
- secret identitiesConcealed true personas
- cultural identitiesCollective heritage affiliations
- national identitiesShared belonging to countries
- hidden identitiesConcealed true selves
- mistaken identitiesConfusing one person for another
- gender identitiesCategories of self-perceived sex
identity, identify, identical, identification, unidentified, identically, identifier, misidentify, identicalness