Anonymity

Quick meaning: Anonymity is a noun meaning (uncountable) The quality or state of being anonymous (nameless or unidentified).

Meaning

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

More Meanings

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

Example Sentences

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

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

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.

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.

Word Forms

• anonymities

Synonyms for anonymity

Depending on context, synonyms include anonymousness, anonymosity, namelessness.

Antonyms for anonymity

Common opposites include onymity.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include namelessness, invisibility, anonymous, privacy, confidentiality, secrecy.

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