identification
noun
[ ʌɪˌdɛntɪfɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n ]
• the action or process of identifying someone or something or the fact of being identified.
• "each child was tagged with a number for identification"
Similar:
recognition,
singling out,
picking out,
spotting,
pointing out,
pinpointing,
naming,
placing,
discerning,
distinguishing,
discovery,
finding,
location,
fingering,
• a person's sense of identity with someone or something.
• "children's identification with story characters"
Similar:
empathy,
rapport,
fellow feeling,
togetherness,
unity,
bond of sympathy,
sympathetic cord,
sympathy,
understanding,
good vibes,
• the association or linking of one thing with another.
• "the lesser value attributed to humility is often due to the mistaken identification of humility with lowness"
Similar:
association,
link,
linkage,
connection,
tie,
bracketing,
relatedness,
interrelation,
interconnection,
interdependence,
Origin:
mid 17th century: originally from medieval Latin identificat- ‘identified’, from the verb identificare ; later from identify.