Identity vs Authenticity - What's the difference?
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As nouns the difference between identity and authenticity is that identity is sameness, identicalness; the quality or fact of (several specified things) being the same while authenticity is the quality of being genuine or not corrupted from the original.
identity Noun
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Sameness, identicalness; the quality or fact of (several specified things) being the same.
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The difference or character that marks off an individual from the rest of the same kind, selfhood.
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A name or persona—the mask or appearance one presents to the world—by which one is known.
- This criminal has taken on several identities .
Sense of who one is.
- I've been through so many changes, I have no sense of identity .
- This nation has a strong identity .
(algebra, computing) Any function which maps all elements of its domain to themselves.
(algebra) An element of an algebraic structure which, when applied to another element under an operation in that structure, yields this, second element.
Synonyms
* selfhood
* identity function
Derived terms
* additive identity
* identity card
* identity of indiscernibles
* identity theft
* law of identity
* left identity
* mistaken identity
* multiplicative identity
* personal identity
* quasiidentity
* right identity
Related terms
* identic
* identical
* identification
* identify
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authenticity English
Noun
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The quality of being genuine or not corrupted from the original.
- I hereby certify the authenticity of this copy.
Truthfulness of origins, attributions, commitments, sincerity, and intentions.
- The authenticity of this painting is questionable.
(obsolete) The quality of being authentic (of established authority).
Synonyms
* (quality of being genuine) genuineness
Antonyms
* (quality of not being genuine) phoniness; forgery; fakeness; bogosity
Related terms
* authentically
* authenticism
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