Definition of "identification"

identification

/ɪˌdɛntɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/

noun
countable and uncountable, plural identifications
1. (strictly) The act of identifying (i.e., which one, which thing).
2. (broadly, often) The combination of identifying (which one, which thing) and validating the identity (proving or confirming it); identifying and authenticating viewed as a unitary concept in cognition.
3. The state of being identified.
4. (countable) A particular instance of identifying something.
5. A document or documents serving as evidence of a person's identity.
6. A feeling of support, sympathy, understanding, or belonging towards somebody or something.
  Quotations
  In the English South and Midlands, identification with Britain ran well ahead of identification with the region; in Yorkshire and the northern England, identification with the region ran about equal to identification with Britain; and in Scotland and Wales (but more especially in Scotland) identification with the region ('Scotland' or 'Wales') ran well ahead of identification with Britain.
  1998, Hugh Berrington, Britain in the nineties‎, page 192