identity

Roget category 13

1. Words expressing abstract relations
› 1.2. Relation
›› 1.2.1. Absolute relation

#13. Identity

noun

identity, sameness — coincidence, coalescence — convertibility — equality etc. 27 — selfness^†, self, oneself — identification.
monotony, tautology etc. (repetition) 104.
facsimile etc. (copy) 21 — homoousia: alter ego etc. (similar) 17 — ipsissima verba [Lat.] etc. (exactness) 494 — same — self, very, one and the same — very thing, actual thing — real McCoy — no other — one and only — in the flesh.

verb

be identical etc. adj. — coincide, coalesce, merge.
treat as the same, render the same, identical — identify — recognize the identity of.

adjective

identical — self, ilk — the same etc. n.. selfsame, one and the same, homoousian^†.
coincide, coalescent, coalescing — indistinguishable — one — equivalent etc. (equal) 27 — tweedle dee and tweedle dum [Lat.] — much the same, of a muchness^† — unaltered.

adverb

identically etc. adj. — on all fours.

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