anonymous
[ uh-non-uh-muh s ]
/ əˈnɒn ə məs /
adjective
without any name acknowledged, as that of author, contributor, or the like: an anonymous letter to the editor; an anonymous donation.
of unknown name; whose name is withheld: an anonymous author.
lacking individuality, unique character, or distinction: an endless row of drab, anonymous houses.
Words nearby anonymous
anon., anonychia, anonym, anonymity, anonymize, anonymous, anopheles, anophthalmia, anopia, anopisthograph, anoplasty
Origin of anonymous
OTHER WORDS FROM anonymous
a·non·y·mous·ness, nouna·non·y·mous·ly, adverbnon·a·non·y·mous·ness, nounWORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH anonymous
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Examples from the Web for anonymousness
I find a resistance which I did not expect to the anonymousness of the publication.
Letters of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Vol. I (of 2)|Samuel Taylor ColeridgeWe may become wise enough and well-managed enough to do without this anonymousness: we may not.
Friends in Council|Arthur HelpsThis train of thought terminated at last in various considerations upon the subject of anonymousness in authorship.
Pierre; or The Ambiguities|Herman Melville
British Dictionary definitions for anonymousness
anonymous
/ (əˈnɒnɪməs) /
adjective
from or by a person, author, etc, whose name is unknown or withheldan anonymous letter
having no known name
lacking individual characteristics; unexceptional
(often capital) denoting an organization which provides help to applicants who remain anonymousAlcoholics Anonymous
Derived forms of anonymous
anonymity (ˌænəˈnɪmɪtɪ), nounanonymously, adverbanonymousness, nounWord Origin for anonymous
C17: via Late Latin from Greek anōnumos, from an- + onoma name
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