英和和英

語源

Blend of identification +‎ kit, originally a trademark.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /aɪˈdɛntɪkɪt/
• (米国発音, weak vowel merger) IPA: /aɪˈdɛntəkɪt/

名詞

identikit (plural identikits)

1. (law enforcement, criminology) 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.

   Synonyms: police sketch, composite sketch, facial composite, photofit

形容詞

identikit (not comparable) (UK)

1. (informal, chiefly derogatory) Indistinguishable from each other; mass-produced or mass marketed.

   Synonym: cookie-cutter

   • 2006, J. Christopher Holloway, Neil Taylor, The business of tourism, page 211:

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

   • 2010, Christine White, Directors and Designers, page 172:

     These identikit productions do not require specific performers to bring a new interpretation but require the repetition of the successful event for the paying audience.

   • 2012, Hannah Richell, The Secrets of the Tides, →ISBN, page 363:

     She guesses it is only a few years old; one of seven identikit mock-Tudor mansions built on a recent cul-de-sac development just outside Chichester.

   • 2022 December 4, Phil McNulty, “England 3-0 Senegal”, in BBC Sport‎:

     Bellingham is the identikit modern midfield player and the manner in which he combined with Foden for England's second goal, completed by a rousing finish from Kane, was a glimpse into a golden future.

   • 2025 August 2, Cathy Hawker, “How bougie is your high street?”, in FT Weekend (House & Home section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1:

     The Rue Sainte-Catherine in Bordeaux […] mixes international brands, uniquely French names and small independents in a soft-stone 18th-century backdrop that draws both local residents and visiting tourists—no one wants an identikit high street you can find back home.