negative identification

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   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”

   Broaderidentification

Questions about negative identification

What does negative identification mean?

negative identification means "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".

Is negative identification a common word?

negative identification is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.