symbolic identification, n.All

Symbolic identification (n.) deserves ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the movie disclaimer that any resemblance of the subject to himself is purely accidental.

Symbolic identification (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠assuming a mask more real and binding than the true face beneath it — human feigning is the feigning of feigning.

Symbolic identification (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠with the other where he cannot be imitated: Woody Allen's hero becomes Bogart only once he tells him, 'you're not too tall and kind of ugly, but so am I, enough to make it on my own.'