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Term: Identity

DEFINITION:

A psychological personality. Most people have a main identity (who they are) and many other partial identities (mother, student, brother, sister, etc.).

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Identity
by Carl Llewellyn Weschcke
We have many identities—some of them are psychological masks or "persona" we adopt for our dealings with the world, in our relationships, and sometimes—unfortunately—to hide behind within our own Personality. In other words, those masks can be either practical or ...
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