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Xzenu at 17:25, 12 July 2020

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Xzenu at 17:25, 12 July 2020

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The [http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/identity dictionary] defines the relevant meaning of the word "identity" as "the qualities, beliefs, etc., that make a particular person or group different from others". However, this definition raises an important question: Making this person or group "different from others" ''according to whom?''

If I decide that [[gingerism|people with red hair are (insert negative adjective "X" here)]], does this automatically mean that red-haired people now have an identity to be X? No, of course not. Instead, everyone has the right to define one's own identity. Your identity is whatever ''you'' identify yourself with, not whatever identities other people are trying to push on you.

Therefore, the thesis recommends that the word "identity" is reserved for being used only in this limited sense. For any outside view of who and what people are, use instead the word "[[cateity]]" - which stands for the intersection of categorization and identity.

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 Thus...
 Identity: How you identify yourself.
-Identification: How you are identified by others.
+[[Identification]]: How you are identified by others.
 The intersection between identity and identification can be called [[cateity]].

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	If I decide that [[gingerism\|people with red hair are (insert negative adjective "X" here)]], does this automatically mean that red-haired people now have an identity to be X? No, of course not. Instead, everyone has the right to define one's own identity. Your identity is whatever ''you'' identify yourself with, not whatever identities other people are trying to push on you.		If I decide that [[gingerism\|people with red hair are (insert negative adjective "X" here)]], does this automatically mean that red-haired people now have an identity to be X? No, of course not. Instead, everyone has the right to define one's own identity. Your identity is whatever ''you'' identify yourself with, not whatever identities other people are trying to push on you.

−	~~Therefore, the thesis recommends that the word "identity" is reserved for being used only in this limited sense~~. ~~For any outside view of who and what people~~ are~~, use instead the word "~~[[cateity]]~~" - which stands for the intersection of categorization and identity~~.	+	Thus...
		+	Identity: How you identify yourself.
		+	Identification: How you are identified by others.
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		+	The intersection between identity and identification can be called [[cateity]].