anonymous
adjectivecommon in dialogue
- United Kingdom//əˈnɒn.ə.məs//
- Canada//əˈnɑ.nə.məs//
- Australia//əˈnɔn.ə.məs//
Lacking a name; not named, for example an animal not assigned to any species .
adjective
- 1
Lacking a name; not named, for example an animal not assigned to any species .
- 2
Without any name acknowledged of a person responsible.
an anonymous pamphlet
an anonymous subscription
anonymous author or painter
- 3
Of unknown name; whose name is withheld
an anonymous author
an anonymous benefactor
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
figurativeLacking individuality.
an anonymous office block in a soulless industrial estate
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”). English equivalent anonym + -ous, its full etymology being an- + -onym + -ous.
Forms
- comparative
- more anonymous
- superlative
- most anonymous
anonymous · Lacking a name; not named, for example an animal not assigned to any species .
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