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identity

nouncandidate·updated May 12, 2026

The set of attribute values (i.e., characteristics) by which an entity is recognizable and that, within the scope of an identity manager’s responsibility, is sufficient to distinguish that entity from any other entity.

polysemousNISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 2

Senses

SANS Glossary of Security Terms

Identity is whom someone or what something is, for example, the name by which something is known.

NIST Cybersecurity Framework

The set of attribute values (i.e., characteristics) by which an entity is recognizable and that, within the scope of an identity manager's responsibility, is sufficient to distinguish that entity from any other entity.

NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 2

A set of attributes that uniquely describe a person within a given context.

NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 2sense 2 pending review

The set of physical and behavioral characteristics by which an individual is uniquely recognizable.

Wordset Dictionary

the distinct personality of an individual regarded as a persisting entity

Wordset Dictionary

exact sameness

Wordset Dictionary

the individual characteristics by which a thing or person is recognized or known

Wordset Dictionary

an operator that leaves unchanged the element on which it operates

Classifications

Entity Type

Identity0%rule-basedmulti_axis_classifier_low_confidence.v1
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Sensitivity

85%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Information Class

75%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Variants

synonym
identicalnessidentity elementidentity operatorindistinguishabilityindividualitypersonal identity
alternatephrasing
Identity
plural
identities
possessive
identity's
pluralpossessive
identities'