- an act or instance of identifying; the state of being identified.
- something that identifies a person, animal, or thing: He carries identification with him at all times.
- acceptance as one's own of the values and interests of a social group.
- Psychology.
- a process by which one ascribes to oneself the qualities or characteristics of another person.
- (in psychoanalytic theory) the transference or reaction to one person with the feelings or responses relevant to another, as the identification of a teacher with a parent.
- perception of another as an extension of oneself.
- the act of identifying or the state of being identified
- something that identifies a person or thing
- (as modifier)
- psychol
- the process of recognizing specific objects as the result of remembering
- the process by which one incorporates aspects of another person's personality
- the transferring of a response from one situation to another because the two bear similar features
