| ideational apraxia | Ideatory apraxia, obsolete term for the misuse of objects due to a disturbance of identification (agnosia). (05 Mar 2000) |
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| idee fixe | Synonym: fixed idea. Origin: Fr. Obsession (05 Mar 2000) |
| identical | Having the same cause or origin. (18 Nov 1997) |
| identical twins | Identical twins, twins which are the result of a single zygote (fertilized egg) splitting into two cell masses and becoming two individuals. The twins are genetically identical and are always of the same sex (both males or both females). Compare: dizygotic twins. (09 Oct 1997) |
| identification | <psychology> An unconscious defense mechanism by which an individual endeavors to pattern himself after another person. This process is also important in the development of the personality, particularly the superego or conscience, which is modeled largely on the behaviour of adult significant others. (18 Nov 1997) |
| identism | <psychology> The doctrine taught by Schelling, that matter and mind, and subject and object, are identical in the Absolute; called also the system or doctrine of identity. See: identity. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| identity | 1. The state or quality of being identical, or the same; sameness. "Identity is a relation between our cognitions of a thing, not between things themselves." (Sir W. Hamilton) 2. The condition of being the same with something described or asserted, or of possessing a character claimed; as, to establish the identity of stolen goods. 3. <mathematics> An identical equation. Origin: F. Identite, LL. Identitas, fr. L. Idem the same, from the root of is he, that; cf. Skr. Idam this. Cf. Item. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| identity crisis | <psychology> Chaotic concept of self wherein one's role in life appears to be an insoluble dilemma often expressed by isolation, withdrawal, rebellion and extremism. (12 Dec 1998) |
| identity disorder | A mental disorder of childhood or adolescence in which one suffers severe distress regarding one's ability to reconcile aspects of the self into a coherent acceptable sense of self. (05 Mar 2000) |
| identity matrix | A square matrix in which the quantities on the diagnonal from top left to bottom right are all equal to 1 and all the other entries are 0. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ideo- | Ideas; ideation Cf.: idio-. Origin: G. Idea, form, notion (05 Mar 2000) |
| ideogenical | Of or relating to ideology. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| ideograph | Same as Ideogram. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| ideographic | Of or pertaining to an ideogram; representing ideas by symbols, independently of sounds; as, 9 represents not the word "nine," but the idea of the number itself. Origin: Cf. F. Ideographique. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| ideographical | Of or pertaining to an ideogram; representing ideas by symbols, independently of sounds; as, 9 represents not the word "nine," but the idea of the number itself. Origin: Cf. F. Ideographique. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |