Definition of Negative identification

1. Noun. Evidence proving that you are not who you say you are not; evidence establishing that you are not among a group of people already known to the system; recognition by the system leads to rejection. "A system for negative identification can prevent the use of multiple identities by a single person"

Generic synonyms: Identification

Lexicographical Neighbors of Negative Identification

negative crystal
negative cutter
negative edge
negative edge-triggered
negative edges
negative electrode
negative electrotaxis
negative end-expiratory pressure
negative equity
negative eyepiece
negative feedback
negative feedback circuit
negative focal length
negative growth
negative ice
negative identification (current term)
negative image
negative income tax
negative indexing
negative interference
negative lens
negative logic
negative magnetic pole
negative meniscus
negative muon
negative phase
negative pledge
negative pole
negative pressure
negative pressures

Literary usage of Negative identification

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1901)
"In conclusion Dr. Bentley adds: " Simple recognition stands much nearer positive or negative identification (expressed by affirmative or negative judgments) ..."

2. Treatment Services for Adolescent Substance Abusers by Alfred S. Friedman (1998)
"... they also formed a negative identification with the 'problem1 child which served to protect them from becoming drug abusers. (Hendin et al. 1981, p. ..."

3. Getting Off the Hook: Treatment of Drug Addiction and Social Disorders by Jurriaan Plesman (1986)
"When we have a negative identification with our parents, we tend to reject their values and go in the opposite direction. A person whose father was a ..."

4. A Text-book of chemistry: For Students and Practitioners of Medicine by Edward Curtis Hill (1911)
"the untouched AgBr being washed away ("fixing") with sodium thiosulphate. The lights and shadows are reversed in the negative. Identification of Bromids. ..."

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