anonymous
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4.5
- adjective
- /əˈnɑːnɪməs/
:
anónimo
- At the end of both classes, students filled out an anonymous survey on their classroom experience.
- remain anonymous
- anonymous comments
- anonymous responses
So having votes that are anonymous is important.
- So having votes that are anonymous is important.
- We keep him anonymous, but he's the same person.
- Why is it that South Korea provides safe, anonymous and free testing?
- All right, but you'll kill this anonymous person somewhere else.
- And then there was an insider who who sent an anonymous e-mail to a web blog.
- And my experience was, if you want to be anonymous, walk with Jack Nicholson.
- One is from an anonymous woman, and let's get into it.
- And thank God there's a place you can go which is anonymous pretty much of the time.
- And the difference is that those investors are anonymous because it's just people who buy Bitcoin.
- Should I tell, tell my boss, tell his family, leave like an anonymous note, whatever.
- So that I believe in free speech, but I don't believe in anonymous hate speech.
Examples
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The survey responses are completely anonymous, ensuring that everyone can answer honestly.
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Online comments are anonymous, not the people you seek to change.
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Published results from the system are available to anonymous users via the Internet.
Academic text (2012) -
So having votes that are anonymous is important.
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Why is it that South Korea provides safe, anonymous and free testing?
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The second suggestion involved providing students with an anonymous online questionnaire to provide feedback.
Academic text (2008) -
We would like to thank three anonymous reviewers for very helpful comments on this manuscript.
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The great creators on earth, the anonymous geniuses, disappear.
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There's an anonymous clinic in Fairfield.
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The artist chose to remain anonymous to protect their privacy and avoid public scrutiny.
Synonyms
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4.2
Not known or named
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2.3
Not known or named, often with no name given
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4.4
Not having a name mentioned or known
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4.4
A person or thing with no known name
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5.8
Kept secret and not told to other people
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4.2
Not linked to a person and having no names or addresses
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
A way to get files from an FTP server by logging in as a guest without a personal account
- Specialized
A way to share files over a network that lets people download without a password
How Anonymous
Surface Forms
Morphology
anonymous = an + onym + ous
The meaning 'not named/without a name' follows directly from the productive negation prefix 'an-' and adjectival suffix '-ous'; the only potentially unfamiliar element is the combining form 'onym' (name), but the overall sense is directly inferable.
Etymology
Anonymous came from an- 'not' and name, so it originally meant 'without a name'. That's why we call a donor, letter, or source anonymous when the person's identity is not known.