Meaning

3 senses
  1. (uncountable)The quality or state of being anonymous (nameless or unidentified).

    She's garbed her philanthropic activities in anonymity.

    Anonymität

    анони́мностьanonímnostʹ

    аноні́мністьanonímnistʹ

    the state of being anonymous

  2. (countable)That which is anonymous.

    Anonyme

  3. (uncountable)The quality or state of being generally unknown, unrecognized, or uncelebrated.

Examples

14 sentences
  1. He values the anonymity and privacy.

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  2. They’re the ones hiding in anonymity, not us.

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  3. Under the cloak of anonymity, cowards are acting like bigmouths.

    ruПод покровом анонимности у боягузов прорезается красноречие.

    deUnter dem Deckmantel der Anonymität werden Feiglinge zu Maulhelden.

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  4. The government official spoke to the reporter on condition of anonymity.

    deEin Regierungsbeamter, der nicht genannt werden möchte, sprach mit dem Pressevertreter.

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  5. Anonymity allows people to say anything.

    ruАнонимность позволяет людям говорить что угодно.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
the quality or state of being anonymous:
Русский
By meaning 1
the quality or state of being anonymous:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
the quality or state of being anonymous:
that which is anonymous:

Origin

From Latin anonymus or its etymon Ancient Greek ἀνώνυμος (anṓnumos, “anonymous”) + -ity. C

From Latin anonymus or its etymon Ancient Greek ἀνώνυμος (anṓnumos, “anonymous”) + -ity. Compare French anonymité.

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Forms

plural: anonymities
Singularanonymity
Pluralanonymities

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

10 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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