Synonyms for identification
aɪˌdɛn tə fɪˈkeɪ ʃən, ɪˌdɛn-iden·ti·fi·ca·tion

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1. designation, identificationnoun

   the act of designating or identifying something

   Synonyms:
   appellation, appointment, appellative, designation, assignment, naming, denomination, recognition

2. identificationnoun

   evidence of identity; something that identifies a person or thing

   Synonyms:
   recognition, designation

3. identificationnoun

   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"

   Synonyms:
   recognition, designation

4. recognition, identificationnoun

   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"

   Synonyms:
   credit, acknowledgment, designation, acknowledgement, realization, realisation, recognition

5. identificationnoun

   the attribution to yourself (consciously or unconsciously) of the characteristics of another person (or group of persons)

   Synonyms:
   recognition, designation

Matched Categories

1. • Condition
   • Determination
   • Evidence
   • Identity
   • Memory

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1. List of paraphrases for "identification":

   identifying, identify, identity, determination, id, identifier, 'identification, census, detection, definition, determining, determine, ident, identifications, designation, tagging, identified, marking, characterization, recognition, screening, labelling, individualization, identification, i.d., distinguishing

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1. Ramana Pemmaraju:

   Only once in a while you become aware of your intrinsic nature, with sudden bursts of empty spaces, without any effort on your part, you come home, rejoice every breath so deep and so soothing, you relax, unfocused, you skip into timelessness. This is the greatest mystery, the greatest gift of existence, without any identification to your senses, no clutches of your old patterns of mind. Few Glimpses of Heaven on the earth! I have experienced, have you?

2. Charles Inman:

   He needed to have an identification, but we couldn't get an identification without a birth certificate.

3. Walter Lippmann:

   People who are tremendously concerned about their identification, their individuality, their self-expression, or their sense of humor, always seem to be missing the very things they pursue.

4. Haimer abdou:

   Philosophy is a mental leap, between approach and identification with wisdom.

5. Republican Rep. Jason Lewis:

   You've got to have a photo ID to get on an airplane, you've got to have a photo ID to take a college test, you've got to have a photo ID to cash a check and yet( then-US Attorney General) Eric Holder is rejecting the Texas voter identification laws. He's stopping the South Carolina voter identification laws. Why ? because he and( Jesse) Jackson and Al Sharpton are once again bringing out the race card in photo ID -- saying what ? Saying that having a photo ID requirement at the polls is inherently -- are you ready ? -- racist. Now this is the same sort of stretch, this is the same sort of hyperventilation that has brought Florida to the edge of a race war and now it's coming from the white side as well as the black side, tragically. Extremists on both sides.