identification

Noun

• the attribution to yourself (consciously or unconsciously) of the characteristics of another person (or group of persons)

• the process of recognizing something or someone by remembering
  • a politician whose recall of names was as remarkable as his recognition of faces
    
  • experimental psychologists measure the elapsed time from the onset of the stimulus to its recognition by the observer
    

• the condition of having the identity (of a person or object) established
  • the thief's identification was followed quickly by his arrest
    
  • identification of the gun was an important clue
    

• evidence of identity; something that identifies a person or thing

• the act of designating or identifying something

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  recognition , designation