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identicals

identicals is the plural of identical.

Meaning of identical

Noun

identical (plural identicals)

  1. (usually pluralized) Something which has exactly the same properties as something else.
  2. An identical twin.
    • Fraternal twins are boy-girl pairs as often as of the same sex, while identicals are necessarily of the same sex, […]2014, Robert S. Woodworth, Donald G. Marquis, Psychology (Psychology Revivals): A Study of Mental Life, page 171
  3. A rhyme on the same syllable, such as "leave" and "believe".
    • The strictest construction of the rule requires complete and unvarying repetition of end-words, but some license is granted in the use of identicals.1992, Clarence Hugh Holman, William Harmon, A Handbook to Literature, page 439

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Words formed from identicals

Questions about identicals

What is identicals the plural of?
Identicals is the plural of identical.

Words near identicals in the dictionary

  1. identicality
  2. identically
  3. identically zero
  4. identicalness
  5. identicalnesses
  6. identicals
  7. identicard
  8. identicards
  9. identicial
  10. identicide
  11. identick

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