I.d.

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Noun
  1. 1
    Abbreviation of identification or identity documentation. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    a card or badge used to identify the bearer wordnet
  3. 3
    Initialism of intelligent design. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

    "Although Intelligent Design has its share of scientific supporters, most remain resolute that I.D. is at best pseudo-science. Critics contend that the evidence upon which intelligent designists base most of their assumptions—for example, that the biblical Great Flood carved the Grand Canyon—is nothing more than faulty logic with footnotes."

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"Although Intelligent Design has its share of scientific supporters, most remain resolute that I.D. is at best pseudo-science. Critics contend that the evidence upon which intelligent designists base most of their assumptions—for example, that the biblical Great Flood carved the Grand Canyon—is nothing more than faulty logic with footnotes."

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