anonymity

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All you're doing hiding behind your anonymity is actively demonstrating you aren't men of conviction.

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  1. noun The quality or state of being unknown or unacknowledged.
  2. noun One that is unknown or unacknowledged.

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  • Under the conditions of anonymity, they said they would be happy to do this test for us. —  Steven Levitt on child carseats
  • So anonymity, and 1,500 dollars per seat that we crashed. —  Steven Levitt on child carseats
  • C.P. Snow, the English scientist and novelist, felt that this anonymity was a drawback of scientific life. —  F ;SF; - vol 090 issue 04 - April 1996
  • In the world of contract killers, a business where your anonymity was your currency, London was a town that was bad for business. —  ConsenttoKill
  • All you're doing hiding behind your anonymity is actively demonstrating you aren't men of conviction. —  The Daily Press
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