Main entry: identification, designation
Definition: the act of designating or identifying something
Main entry: identification
Definition: the attribution to yourself (consciously or unconsciously) of the characteristics of another person (or group of persons)
Main entry: recognition, identification
Definition: the process of recognizing something or someone by remembering
Usage: 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
Main entry: identification
Definition: evidence of identity; something that identifies a person or thing
Main entry: identification
Definition: the condition of having the identity (of a person or object) established
Usage: the thief's identification was followed quickly by his arrest; identification of the gun was an important clue