distinct identity
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdistinctandidentity
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distinct
adjective
uk/dɪˈstɪŋkt/us/dɪˈstɪŋkt/
clearly noticeable; that ...
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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 ofdistinctandidentityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofdistinct identity
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Gerontological nursing is evolving through the changes that are occurring in the context of medical and social services and is establishing its owndistinctidentity.
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This did not give the party adistinctidentityon economic matters.
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This emphasizes not only the fact that each group had adistinctidentity, but also that the groups consciously elaborated this identity.
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This emphasizes thedistinctidentityand separateness of the core galleries from the rest of the layout. 10.
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One such code is to be thought of as a concrete sociolinguistic belief system that defines adistinctidentityfor itself within a surrounding heteroglot context.
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This is a special mode of personification through identification by which the author actually becomes the object in order to endow it withdistinctidentity, individuality, and subjectivity.
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Yet, today, that curtain has been removed to reveal a mosaic, where each piece retains adistinctidentity, but together form a greater entity.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
A greater degree of self-government will achieve for them the most important objective, which is the continuation in future generations of theirdistinctidentity.
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For the first time this critical period of children's development has been recognised with its owndistinctidentityand language.
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The board and executive will operate as a single unit with its owndistinctidentity.
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This is why it is extremely important for each nation to preserve those characteristics which give it itsdistinctidentity.
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The point is that each dog would have its owndistinctidentitymark.
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I can certainly tell him that the north-east is not an amorphous monstrosity; it is a region with a verydistinctidentity.
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It means information of adistinctidentitywhich sets it apart from the rest of the generality of personal information held.
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Bartholomew's site, which retained adistinctidentity.
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But each grouping does maintain a separate anddistinctidentity, especially with regard to intermarriage.
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But each grouping does maintain a separate anddistinctidentity, especially with regards intermarriage.
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Where suburban areas had a sufficiently large population anddistinctidentitythey might form a county division rather than be included in the borough.
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Other genres, however, can not emulate the novel without damaging their owndistinctidentity.
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