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i|den|ti|fi|ca|tion «y DEHN tuh fuh KAY shuhn», noun.
1. the act or process of identifying: »

Pasteur's identification of rabies virus has saved many lives.

2. the fact or state of being identified: »

A positive means of prompt baby identification brings peace of mind to parents and hospital administrators alike (Newsweek).

3. something used to identify a person or thing: »

He offered his driver's license as identification.

4. Psychology. a) the act or process of forming, consciously or unconsciously, an emotional tie with another and patterning one's actions or behavior after that person. b) reaction to a person in ways that are appropriate to another, as to a teacher as if she were the mother.

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