Noun identification has 5 senses
  1. designation, identification - the act of designating or identifying something
    --1 is a kind of determination, finding
    --1 has particulars: diagnosis, diagnosing
    Derived forms: verb identify2, verb identify4, verb identify5
  2. identification - attribution to yourself (consciously or unconsciously) of the characteristics of another person (or group of persons)
    --2 is a kind of
    identity, personal identity, individuality
    Derived form: verb identify3
  3. identification - evidence of identity; something that identifies a person or thing
    --3 is a kind of
    evidence
    --3 has particulars:
     ballistic identification, ballistic fingerprinting, bullet fingerprinting; biometric identification, biometric authentication, identity verification; imprint; positive identification; negative identification; facial profiling; fingerprint; linguistic profiling; profiling
    Derived form: verb identify2
  4. identification - the condition of having your identity established; "the thief's identification was followed quickly by his arrest"
    --4 is a kind of
    condition, status
    Derived forms: verb identify2, verb identify1
  5. recognition, identification - the process of recognizing something or someone by remembering; "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"
    --5 is a kind of memory, remembering
    --5 has particulars: identity; speaker identification, talker identification
    Derived form: verb identify1
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