anonymity

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an·o·nym·i·ty | \ ˌa-nə-ˈni-mə-tē

plural anonymities

Definition of anonymity

1 : the quality or state of being anonymous enjoyed the anonymity of life in a large city

2 : one that is anonymous a crowd of faceless anonymities

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Examples of anonymity in a Sentence

They are trying to protect their child's anonymity. She enjoyed the anonymity of life in a large city.

Recent Examples on the Web The source requested anonymity because the team has not yet announced the move. — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, "Detroit Tigers sign outfielder Nomar Mazara to one-year, $1.75 million contract," 11 Feb. 2021 All requested anonymity because they aren’t authorized to talk about the case. — Bloomberg Wire, Dallas News, "How Austin billionaire Robert Smith avoided indictment for evading $43 million in federal taxes," 7 Feb. 2021 The person requested anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly about the negotiations. — Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, "Opinion: NBA needs to permanently abolish marijuana testing," 3 Feb. 2021 The person was not authorized to speak publicly about the situation and requested anonymity. — Jill Colvin, Mary Clare Jalonick And Eric Tucker, Chron, "Trump parts with impeachment lawyers a week before trial," 31 Jan. 2021 The people requested anonymity because they are not authorized to speak about the situation publicly. — Los Angeles Times, "Rams assistant Shane Waldron leaving to join Seahawks as offensive coordinator," 26 Jan. 2021 In the end, Mr. Harris’s objection fell on deaf ears, said the people, who requested anonymity to discuss private deliberations. — New York Times, "Apollo C.E.O. to Step Down After Firm Finds More Payments to Jeffrey Epstein," 25 Jan. 2021 The officials requested anonymity to discuss sensitive intelligence. — Fox News, "Iranian missiles land within 20 miles of ship, 100 miles from Nimitz strike group in Indian Ocean: officials," 17 Jan. 2021 One of the programmers, who requested anonymity because of personal safety concerns, downloaded more than 1 million videos that had been posted to Parler — nearly all the videos ever uploaded to the service, according to the programmer. — Scott Klein, ProPublica, "Why We Published More Than 500 Videos Taken by Parler Users of the Capitol Riot," 17 Jan. 2021

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