Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The quality or state of being unknown or unacknowledged.
- noun One that is unknown or unacknowledged.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state or quality of being anonymous or without a name, or of not declaring one's name; anonymousness.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare The quality or state of being anonymous; anonymousness; also, that which anonymous.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun uncountable The quality or state of being
anonymous ;anonymousness . - noun countable That which is anonymous.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the state of being anonymous
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Examples
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As David Corn observes, questioning the intent of major donors who wish to attack candidates while hiding in anonymity is hardly an enemies list.
John Wellington Ennis: When Karl Rove Squeals, You're Doing Something Right John Wellington Ennis 2010
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Early next year, Global Digital Creations Holdings, a fledgling animation studio that has mostly labored in anonymity, is aiming for the big time with the worldwide release of its first 3-D feature film, "Thru the Moebius Strip," a science-fiction adventure about a determined boy's time travel to another galaxy to rescue his stranded father.
Boing Boing: November 28, 2004 - December 4, 2004 Archives 2004
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Surely though, ensuring your anonymity is your responsibility – not the reponsibility of a court.
Blogging in Tehran (good) Blogging in Lancashire (bad) « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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In fact, Emma has the kind of well-developed sense of simultaneitythe wherewithal with which to deliver "gloss [es] on the word 'meanwhile'" that Anderson sees as crucial to the process of "creating that remarkable confidence of community in anonymity which is the hallmark of modern nations" (31; 40).
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Personally, I like to maintain anonymity on the web.
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This is because he promises every client the utmost in anonymity even though he could certainly capitalize financially by using their names in his brochures and other marketing materials.
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Personally, I like to maintain anonymity on the web.
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Personally, I like to maintain anonymity on the web.
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Tens of thousands of other works languish in anonymity or auctorial obscurity.
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My favorite piece was a very interesting essay by Jane Doe on anonymity for rape victims, discussing the way anonymity is presented as protection for women, because to be a woman is apparently to be endangered.
Archive 2009-04-01 Rebecca Tushnet 2009
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