identification

IPA: aɪdɛntʌfʌkˈeɪʃʌn

(strictly) The act of identifying (i.e., which one, which thing).
(broadly, often) The combination of identifying (which one, which thing) and validating the identity (proving or confirming it); identifying and authenticating viewed as a unitary concept in cognition.
The state of being identified.
(countable) A particular instance of identifying something.
A document or documents serving as evidence of a person's identity.
A feeling of support, sympathy, understanding, or belonging towards somebody or something.

Examples of "identification" in Sentences

They may disagree with whether or not this identification is a social good, but still.
Mitch Daniels (Ind.) or Haley Barbour (Miss.) to raise their name identification to Huckabee-like levels.
It also likely benefits Murkowski because her name identification is much higher than either Miller or McAdams.
Although his name identification among conservatives is high, Gingrich placed in the middle of the pack in a Gallup Poll released Monday.
For good readers, word identification is fast, fluent, and automatic – it must be so that their attention can be fully focused on using semantics and syntax to comprehend the text (ibid.).
And I don't care what your religion is, an identification card associated with driving priveleges is not an * identification* card if there's no hope of identifying the person in the picture.
That he consistently takes other historians to task for their identifications (Brooten, Richlin, Williams) underscores that for Halperin identification is still an inferior form of cognition than alterity.
The last two remaining potential candidates with the name identification and fundraising prowess to join the race at this late date, Sarah Palin and Rudy Giuliani, have only days to decide whether to jump in as state ballot requirements start to pile up.