Identikit

//aɪˈdɛntəkɪt// adj, noun, slang

adj, noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A picture of a person, reconstructed from strips showing facial features selected to match witnesses' descriptions; used by the police to construct a likeness of a person sought for a crime.
  2. 2
    a likeness of a person's face constructed from descriptions given to police; uses a set of transparencies of various facial features that can be combined to build up a picture of the person sought wordnet
Adjective
  1. 1
    Indistinguishable from each other; mass-produced or mass marketed. UK, derogatory, informal, not-comparable

    "These identikit destinations have been developed through the activities of multinational tourism organizations."

Synonyms

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composite sketchcookie cuttercookie-cutterfacial compositeidentikit picturephotofit

Example

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"These identikit destinations have been developed through the activities of multinational tourism organizations."

Etymology

Blend of identification + kit, originally a trademark.

Related phrases

mass marketedmass produced

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