Identity

Wed Mar 9 03:42:40 UTC 2005

>Lichnost' ?
>
>At least that is what is used when referring to proof of identity.
>>
>> What is an elegant translation for'identity' in Russian? Identichnost'
>> sounds
>> unnatural.

In psychological sense slowly but surely "identichnost'" has finally made
it in. We certainly needed a word for "cultural identity" or "identity as a
writer" etc. for a long time.

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