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
- anonymizes
- anonymizing
- anonymized
- anonymise
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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