English Explanatory Dictionary

anonymity

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The quality or state of being anonymous (nameless or unidentified).
That which is anonymous.
The quality or state of being generally unknown, unrecognized, or uncelebrated.

Pronunciation

/ænəˈnɪmɪti/ en-us-anonymity.ogg

Word forms

anonymity anonymities

Etymology

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

Synonyms

anonymousness anonymosity

Antonyms

onymity

Related words

anon anonym anonymal anonymize anonymosity anonymous anonymously

Derived words

cyberanonymity k-anonymity nonanonymity

Translations

Belarusian: анані́мнасць Czech: anonymita Danish: anonymitet Dutch: anonimiteit Esperanto: anonimeco Finnish: anonymiteetti Finnish: nimettömyys Finnish: anonyymiys Finnish: anonyymisyys French: anonymat Georgian: ანონიმურობა German: Anonymität Greek: ανωνυμία Hebrew: אלמוניות Hungarian: névtelenség Icelandic: nafnleysi Icelandic: nafnleynd Irish: díth ainm Irish: gan ainmníocht Irish: neamhainmníocht Italian: anonimato Lithuanian: anonimiškumas Lithuanian: beveidiškumas Luxembourgish: Anonymitéit Manx: neuennymid Norwegian Bokmål: anonymitet Norwegian Nynorsk: anonymitet Polish: anonimowość Polish: anonimat Polish: bezimienność Portuguese: anonimato Romanian: anonimitate Romanian: anonimat Russian: анони́мность Serbo-Croatian: анони́мно̄ст Serbo-Croatian: anonímnōst Spanish: anonimato Swedish: anonymitet Ukrainian: аноні́мність

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