anonymous
//əˈnɒn.ə.məs//
Forms
- Comparative
- more anonymous
- Superlative
- most anonymous
Definitions
1.Lacking a name; not named, for example an animal not assigned to any species .
2.Without any name acknowledged of a person responsible.
3.Of unknown name; whose name is withheld
- No customer personal data will be retained unless it is rendered anonymous.
- The shift in the balance of power online has allowed anyone to publish to the world, from dispirited teenagers in south London to an anonymous cyber-dissident in a Middle East autocracy.
4.Lacking individuality.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #2449
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
Borrowed into English around 1600 from Late Latin anonymus, from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νώνῠμος (ănṓnŭmos, “without name”), from ᾰ̓ν- (ăn-, “un-”) with ὄνῠμᾰ (ónŭmă), Aeolic and Doric dialectal form of ὄνομᾰ (ónomă, “name”).