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'''Identity''' may refer to:
==Philosophy==
* [[Identity (philosophy)]], the sameness of two things
* [[Identity theory of mind]], in the philosophy of mind, holds that the mind is identical to the brain
* [[Personal identity (philosophy)]]
* [[Identity (social science)]]
* [[Identity formation]]
* [[Law of identity]], a principle of logic
==Mathematics==
* [[Identity (mathematics)]], an equality that holds regardless of the values of its variables
* [[Identity function]], a function that does not alter its argument
* [[Identity element]], a special element in a set or structure with respect to an operator
* [[Identity matrix]], a square matrix I with ones on the diagonal, zeros elsewhere
==Social science and psychology==
*[[Identity (social science)]], stemming from cognitive theory, sociology, politics, and psychology.
*[[Cultural identity]], a person's self-affiliation (or categorization by others) as a member of a cultural group
*[[Gender identity]], the gender with which a person identifies (or is identified by others)
*[[Psychological identity]], an individual's unique identity that develops relatively late in his life. (see [[Identity formation]])
*[[Online identity]], established and used by computer network users (see also [[Digital identity]] in Computer Science)
*[[National identity]], belief in membership of a nation.
In some countries where there is more than one "nation" in the state or identity is otherwise confused, there may be a debate over what the nation's real identity is, see:
:*[[Britishness]], [[Scottish national identity]]
:*[[Canadian identity]], [[Québécois nation motion]]
==Business==
* [[Accounting identity]], a basic accounting relation that must hold by definition
*[[Corporate identity]], the physical manifestation of a business brand
*[[Identity theft]], the deliberate appropriation of someone else's identity (without that person's permission) for criminal purposes
==Computer science==
*[[Digital identity]], the representation of identity in terms of digital information (see also [[online identity]] in social science)
*[[Federated identity]], identity management with defined trust relations between independent principals
*[[Laws of identity]][http://www.identityblog.com/stories/2004/12/09/thelaws.html], laws that define a unifying identity metasystem
*[[Identity (object-oriented programming)]], a property of objects that allows those objects to be distinguished from each other.
*[[Identity column]] in SQL Server, a database field whose values uniquely identify a row in the table
==Religion==
* [[Christian Identity]], a [[Christian]] religious movement
==Television, film, music and literature==
*[[Identity (novel)|''Identity'' (novel)]], by Milan Kundera
*[[Identity (film)|''Identity'' (film)]], directed by James Mangold and starring John Cusack
*[[Identity (album)|''Identity'' (album)]], by Zee with Richard Wright and Dave Harris
*[[Identity (music)]], a transformation of pitches in music
*[[Identity (game show)|''Identity'' (game show)]], a short lived game show
*[[Identity (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit)|"Identity" (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit)]], an episode of ''Law & Order: Special Victims Unit''
*[[Identity (Burn Notice)|Identity]], an episode of the [[USA Network]] television show ''[[Burn Notice]]''.
*[[Identify (song)]], a [[Natalie Imbruglia]] song
*[[iD_eNTITY]], a [[manhwa]]
== See also ==
* [[Secret identity (disambiguation)]]
* [[Identity theft]]
* [[Identity document]]
* [[Identification (disambiguation)]]
* [[Biometrics]]
* [[Entity]]
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