Anonymity
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The quality or state of being anonymous (nameless or unidentified). uncountable
"Now there are twenty-nine skaters on Wollman Rink Circling in singles and in pairs In this vigorous anonymity"
- 2 the state of being anonymous wordnet
- 3 That which is anonymous. countable
"In one sense the protagonist is the poet himself, but in another sense he is an anonymity."
- 4 The quality or state of being generally unknown, unrecognized, or uncelebrated. uncountable
"The profiteer who through a combine fleeces the public would scorn to wrong a friend or betray those of his own household. The problem then resolves itself into a question of the elimination of the impersonality, the anonymity of modern life that is made an excuse for moral irresponsibility."
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More examples"Anonymity or detailed reference are both fine."
Etymology
From Latin anonymus or its etymon Ancient Greek ἀνώνυμος (anṓnumos, “anonymous”) + -ity. Compare French anonymité.
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