Meaning

(uncountable) The quality or state of being anonymous (nameless or unidentified)..

Definitions by Sense

1. (uncountable) The quality or state of being anonymous (nameless or unidentified).
2. (countable) That which is anonymous.
3. (uncountable) The quality or state of being generally unknown, unrecognized, or uncelebrated.

Example Sentences

Now there are twenty-nine skaters on Wollman Rink Circling in singles and in pairs In this vigorous anonymity

Although the pen-and-paper questionnaires did not require students to give their names, the potential for the teacher to be able to recognise handwriting of individual students led to the perceived loss of anonymity.

"It really took off. People would literally come up to me in the street in New York saying 'Hey, Train Daddy, how's it goin'?' "I am quite enjoying the anonymity of London so far..." Given the high-profile task ahead of him, that isn't going to last for long.

In one sense the protagonist is the poet himself, but in another sense he is an anonymity.

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.

Actually, pin-striped anonymity in the city once seemed a more likely destination. He was a nervous, awkward teenager, six-foot by the age of 12, six-five fully grown, always trying to appear nicer and more orthodox than he felt he really was.

Having been propelled from anonymity to global recognition by his role in the first four series of Emily in Paris, Bravo, 36, suggested he might not be involved in the fifth.

Word Forms

• anonymities

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When Should You Use Anonymity?

Use anonymity when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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