nonidentity
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Difference, distinction; failure to be identical.
Example Sentences
- "No scientific examiner would select only chance variations to establish nonidentity of two specimens when the fundamental points of identification stamp them as originating at a single source."
- "Moreover, in a group of prime order p, every non-identity element (i.e. every element other than 1) has period p."
Etymology
Etymology tree English non- Middle French identitébor. Latin idem Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Ancient Greek ταὐτότης (tautótēs)calq. Latin identitāslbor. Middle English ydemptite English identity English nonidentity From non- + identity.
Inflected Forms
nonidentities (plural)
non-identity (alternative)