true identity

collocation in English

meaningsoftrueandidentity

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true
adjective
uk
/truː/us
/truː/
(especially of facts or statements) right and not ...
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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 oftrueandidentityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftrue identity

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Could this form of 'spatialisation' be ignored as inessential to the music'strueidentity?
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The tape concludes with the scene of her death and the discovery of her blonde hair that reveals hertrueidentity.
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The first reading was to inform the adult of thetrueidentityof the rock\\tortoise.
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Chemical mimicry is a means of deceiving a host of one's owntrueidentity.
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Gergen (1991) echoes this theme in noting that the need to craft different selves to conform to the particular relationship at hand leads to doubt about one'strueidentity.
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Hobbes goes out of his way to remind readers that his texts are not showcases - they neither provide unmediated access to his self, nor do they reveal histrueidentity.
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Metastasio's operas treated deceptions involving various aspects of character - an individual'strueidentity, social status, whereabouts, safety, feelings, intentions or role in a crime - as destabilising deviations from the truth.
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They are not required to undergo any check as to theirtrueidentity.
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Finding out someone'strueidentitycould prevent acts from taking place.
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Those discrepancies created doubts as to the applicant'strueidentity.
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It also makes sense to destroy the documents at a later stage so as to reveal one'strueidentityand try to gain political asylum.
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The immigration service was informed of histrueidentitya few days later.
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Thetrueidentityof a dog comes from the loving home where it lives.
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There may be circumstances in which it would be difficult to determine the applicant's age andtrueidentity, which could lead to dispute.
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It was suggested that that formulation would require employers to make more elaborate efforts to establish thetrueidentityof potential employees.
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It is a very common method of making it difficult for the authorities to establish a person'strueidentityand history.
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That would not exclude evidence being given in camera, or without the disclosure oftrueidentity, when there were good reasons.
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Others try to conceal theirtrueidentityor nationality.
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They chose to conceal theirtrueidentity.
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We do not know theirtrueidentityor necessarily where they came from.
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