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deidentification en · NOUN

Etymology

From de- + identification.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) The removal of personal identifying information from data
   • They asked respondents who they thought owned the samples involved in these projects, with 44% stating the institution, 26% the donor, and 23% the researcher. 58% preferred deidentification to anonymization, and 53% thought donors had a continuing right to make decisions regarding the use of their samples. 72% of Caulfield et al.’s respondents preferred that participants have the right to withdraw at any time. 2015 July 9, “Fair Shares and Sharing Fairly: A Survey of Public Views on Open Science, Informed Consent and Participatory Research in Biobanking”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
2. (uncountable) Cessation or lack of identifying (with something).
   • Thus, there seem to be normal and pathological forms of sibling deidentification with important implications for those who work with troubled children. 1987, Frances Fuchs Schachter, Richard K. Stone, Practical Concerns about Siblings: Bridging the Research-practice Gap, Psychology Press, →ISBN, page 56:
   • Later on in life, Regina's mother filled her in on particular incidents that resulted in deidentification with their religion; for example, […] 2016, Mark Nickerson, LICSW, Cultural Competence and Healing Culturally Based Trauma with EMDR Therapy: Innovative Strategies and Protocols, Springer Publishing Company, page 239

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