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identification, in psychology: see defense mechanism defense mechanism, in psychoanalysis, any of a variety of unconscious personality reactions which the ego uses to protect the conscious mind from threatening feelings and perceptions. ..... Click the link for more information. . The assignment of an identifier such as a username for a person or a name for a computer or network device. See identifier. Identification Emmaus where two disciples discover identity of Jesus. [N.T.: Luke 24:13–35] Ulysses’ nurse; recognized him by scar on thigh. [Gk. Lit.: Odyssey] centurion finally sees Christ as son of God. [N.T.: Matthew 27:54; Mark 15:39; Luke 23:47; Christian Legend: Hall, 193] recognized by Iphigenia at the moment of his sacrifice. [Gk. Lit.: Iphigenia in Tauris, Kitto, 327–347] Jewish festival; blood of sacrificed lambs placed on houses of the Israelites to prevent death of their firstborn. [O.T.: Exodus 12:3–13] (fl. 40) recognized as queen on return of lost ring. [Sanskrit Lit.: Abhijnanasakuntala, Brewer Dictionary, 955] word used by Gileadites to identify Ephraimites who could not pronounce sh. [O.T.: Judges 12:4–6] recognizes young Jesus as messiah. [N.T.: Luke 2:22–34] (1841–1904) American journalist finds explorer, Dr. Livingstone, in Africa (1871). [Am. Hist.: Van Doren, 263] bow Penelope recognizes husband by his ability to bend Ulysses’ bow. [Gk. Lit.: Ulysses] |
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| The doctor being called, described a personal peculiarity, which he had noticed at the post-mortem examination, and which might lead to the identification of the murdered man. A third officer, who by his accent was a Pole, disputed with the commissariat officer, arguing that he was mistaken in his identification of the different wards of Moscow. With murder in my heart, I sprang after him, but he had vanished without even the bad luck of identification. |
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