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🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

identità virtuale

Pronunciation / Transliteration: i.den.tiˈta virˈtwa.le

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Virtual identity/ˈvɜːr.tʃu.əl aɪˈdɛn.tə.ti/
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"La sua identità virtuale differisce molto dalla sua vita reale."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    An operational social identity that a person actively establishes, maintains, and projects within online communities, virtual reality, or digital platforms.

    "He carefully curated his virtual identity on social media to reflect his professional aspirations."
  2. 2

    The persona or character avatar representing a human user in computer games, simulations, or metaverses.

    "Players can customize their virtual identity with unique clothing, accessories, and distinct physical features."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines 'virtual', derived from Late Latin 'virtualis' meaning potential or simulated (from 'virtus' meaning strength or virtue), with 'identity', stemming from Late Latin 'identitas' (from 'idem', meaning 'the same'). Emerging in the late 20th century with the advent of cyberspace and multi-user dungeons (MUDs), it evolved to describe the social persona an internet user establishes in online communities and digital environments.

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🇫🇷French → English

identité virtuelle

Transliteration: i.dɑ̃.ti.te viʁ.tɥɛl

"Son identité virtuelle est très active sur les réseaux sociaux."

🇩🇪German → English

virtuelle Identität

Transliteration: fɪʁˈtu̯ɛlə ɪdɛntiˈtɛːt

"Viele Menschen pflegen eine sorgfältig gestaltete virtuelle Identität im Internet."

🇮🇹Italian → English

identità virtuale

Transliteration: i.den.tiˈta virˈtwa.le

"La sua identità virtuale differisce molto dalla sua vita reale."

🇪🇸Spanish → English

identidad virtual

Transliteration: i.ðen.tiˈðað birˈtu.al

"Los jóvenes suelen construir una identidad virtual compleja en las redes."

🇵🇹Portuguese → English

identidade virtual

Transliteration: i.dẽ.tiˈda.dʒi viʁˈtu.aw

"A identidade virtual pode refletir desejos ocultos de uma pessoa."

🇮🇳Hindi → English

आभासी पहचान

Transliteration: aabhasī pahachaan

"आज के युग में हर किसी की एक आभासी पहचान होती है।"

🇨🇳Chinese → English

虚拟身份

Transliteration: xūní shēnfèn

"他在网络游戏中拥有一个完全不同的虚拟身份。"

🇰🇷Korean → English

가상 정체성

Transliteration: gasang jeongcheseong

"메타버스에서는 자신만의 가상 정체성을 만들 수 있습니다."

🇯🇵Japanese → English

仮想アイデンティティ

Transliteration: kasō aidentitī

"彼はネット上で独自の仮想アイデンティティを築き上げている。"

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