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  • noun Plural form of identity.

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Examples

  • Grotesque hyperbole and mystification belongs among the trademarks of Czech culture and creating false identities is one of the strategies of contemporary art.

    Boing Boing 2009

  • Controlling knowledge is power, and using the educational system to make a segment of the population feel inferior and to privilege certain identities above others is a leg in the table of homophobia.

    Alex Blaze: The War on LGBT Teachers Alex Blaze 2010

  • I think that speculating on account identities is ultimately fruitless.

    Think Progress » Dobbs Defends His Birther Advocacy: ‘Seems To Me Still A Perfectly Commonsense Question’ 2010

  • Controlling knowledge is power, and using the educational system to make a segment of the population feel inferior and to privilege certain identities above others is a leg in the table of homophobia.

    Alex Blaze: The War on LGBT Teachers Alex Blaze 2010

  • I don't think the only reason why feminism have received so many negative identities is becos of some women.

    Feminism 101: What Feminism is not 2008

  • Note 20: The classic discussion of the political dimensions of premodern corporate identities is E.H. Kantorowicz, The King's Two Bodies: A Study in Medieval Political Theology [Princeton UP, 1957]. back

    From Heads of Household to Heads of State: The Preaccession Households of Mary and Elizabeth Tudor, 1516-1558 2008

  • In Ireland, we have an anthem for a nation and a state, so the argument of 'regional' identities is somewhat lost on me.

    Shall we sing a song for you? O'Neill 2008

  • A careful reading of these letters, moreover, reveals that his performance of these identities is decidedly self-conscious and that he finds great enjoyment in writing them.

    New Letters from Charles Brown to Joseph Severn 2007

  • Being unable to reconciled identities is a bit like me saying that just because I'm Chinese, I should be in Comemrce, not in Arts, because all the Chinese are in Commerce.

    Hrm. fantasyecho 2007

  • Todays aussie emos also prefer Wireless: So learnings in identities, avatars and the like from gaming are key. (btw re global incumbents - a front page on your global property also does not necessarily equal global success: and universities are the untapped angle as well re facebook like preemptive plays) Throw in the best of youtube, livejournal, myspace and u probably still underestimate it.

    Archive 2006-06-01 Ben Barren 2006

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