Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - identikit

~ n BrE 1 a method used by the police for producing a picture of a possible criminal from descriptions given by a witness or witnesses; composite1 (2) AmE  (an identikit portrait) 2 identikit houses/popstars etc all exactly the same, and with no interesting or unusual features identity ~ n 1 sb's identity who someone is; someone's name  (The identity of the killer is still unknown. | mistaken identity (=when someone is mistaken for someone else))  (He was chased and shot by the police in a case of mistaken identity.) 2 the qualities and attitudes you have that make you feel you have your own character and are different from other people  (sense of identity)  (He has no sense of his own identity. | cultural/ethnic/social identity (=a strong feeling of belonging to a particular group, race etc) | identity crisis (=a feeling of uncertainty about who you really are and what your purpose in life is)) 3 formal exact similarity between two things