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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Identification  \I*den`ti*fi*ca"tion\,  n.  [Cf.  F. 
  identification.] 
  The  act  of  identifying,  or  proving  to  be  the  same  also  the 
  state  of  being  identified. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  identification 
  n  1:  the  act  of  designating  or  identifying  something  [syn:  {designation}] 
  2:  the  attribution  to  yourself  of  the  characteristics  of 
  others  "his  identification  with  his  father  shaped  his 
  entire  life"  [syn:  {feeling  of  identity}] 
  3:  evidence  of  identity;  something  that  identifies  a  person  or 
  thing 
  4:  the  process  of  recognizing  something  or  someone  by 
  remembering  [syn:  {recognition}] 
  5:  attribution  to  yourself  (consciously  or  unconsciously)  of 
  the  characteristics  of  another  person  (or  group  of 
  persons) 

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