concept of identity

collocation in English

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concept
noun[C]
uk
/ˈkɒn.sept/us
/ˈkɑːn.sept/
a principle ...
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identity
noun
uk
/aɪˈden.tə.ti/us
/aɪˈden.t̬ə.t̬i/
a person's name and other facts about who ...
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(Definition ofconceptandidentityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The essay reviews the semantic puzzles that the mathematicalconceptofidentitybrings when it is applied to language.
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The striking paradox of the newconceptofidentityas self-definition is that it was born in the very process of its demystification.
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However, the mask of ageing offers a partial and a very particularconceptofidentityover a person's life.
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Theconceptofidentityis central to genderoriented research, but the version offered by the speech community framework contradicts basic insights of recent feminist theory.
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What is remarkable about these proposals is that even as they are repudiating identity-based research, the discussion of desire itself relies heavily on theconceptofidentity.
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Theconceptofidentityis helpful in conceptualizing the middle class precisely because it is a category that is at once discursively constructed and socially located.
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Diaz connects the removal of masks with both the intimacy that springs from vulnerability and theconceptofidentity, hidden or otherwise.
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Finally, theconceptofidentityconsists of a party platform, ideology, or national ideals and aspirations.
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We express that by saying that theconceptofidentitydoes not make sense for all objects.
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It is important to distinguish the philosophicalconceptofidentityfrom the more well-known notion of identity in use in psychology and the social sciences.
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Recent perspectives of situated cognition have focused on and draw from theconceptofidentityformation as people negotiate meaning through interactions within communities of practice.
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Coming of age tale touching on the raw emotions experienced during this time and the wider concepts of identity and existentialism.
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Understand all aspects of awareness to be free of ordinary consciousness, which involves concepts of identity.
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He has said that the main themes he seeks to address in the series are the concepts of identity, memory and loyalty.
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He is also deeply introspective, and frequently muses on philosophical concepts of identity and self-understanding in his ciphered personal journal.
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