ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Anonymize

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech verb

Quick meaning: Anonymize is a verb meaning (transitive) To make or render anonymous (especially to remove personally identifying data).

Meaning

(transitive) To make or render anonymous (especially to remove personally identifying data).

Example Sentences

This institutional and research caution is partly due to the fact that oral data is harder to anonymise than written data[.]

Word Forms

Synonyms for anonymize

Depending on context, synonyms include deidentify, depersonalize.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include anonymise, unanonymise, deanonymize, deanonymise, depersonalize, deidentify.

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