anonymity
Etymology

From .

Pronunciation
  • (America, RP) IPA: /ænəˈnɪmɪti/
Noun

anonymity

  1. (uncountable) The quality or state of being anonymous. [from 19th c.]
    Synonyms: anonymousness
    Antonyms: onymity
    Coordinate terms: (sometimes synonymous) namelessness, unnamedness
    • 1976, Joni Mitchell, Song for Sharon:
      Now there are twenty-nine skaters on Wollman Rink
      Circling in singles and in pairs
      In this vigorous anonymity
  2. (countable) That which is anonymous.
    • 2006, Jatindra Mohan Mohanty, History of Oriya Literature, page 516:
      In one sense the protagonist is the poet himself, but in another sense he is an anonymity.
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