personal identity

1. 1.

   the distinct personality of an individual regarded as a persisting entity

   “you can lose your identity when you join the army”

   Synonymsidentityindividuality

   Broaderpersonality

   Narrowergender identityidentificationpersonhood

Questions about personal identity

What does personal identity mean?

personal identity means "the distinct personality of an individual regarded as a persisting entity".

What is another word for personal identity?

Close synonyms include identity, individuality. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is personal identity a common word?

personal identity is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.