anonymity

Noun

Meaning

The quality or state of being anonymous; anonymousness; also, that which anonymous.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

namelessness silence darkness ambiguity anonymous shade secrecy neglect obscurity stealth alienation anonymously seclusion loneliness banishment
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Antonyms

fame eminence center stage name definition attention
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Hypernyms

obscurity

Related terms

anonymous anonymously anon anonym anonymize anonymosity

Examples

Anonymity is no excuse for stupidity. Albert Einstein

This persistence as private firms continued because it ensured the maximum of anonymity and secrecy to persons of tremendous public power who dreaded public knowledge of their activities as an evil almost as great as inflation. Carroll Quigley

The truth is, I often like women. I like their unconventionality. I like their completeness. I like their anonymity. Virginia Woolf

Way before Watergate, senior administration officials hid behind anonymity. Bob Woodward

I am not the first man who wanted to make changes in his life at 60 and I won't be the last. It is just that others can do it with anonymity. Harrison Ford

Death in anonymity is the ultimate insult to human dignity. Kathy Reichs

Close letter words and terms

anonymisation anonymise anonymiser anonymizable anonymization anonymize