[U] the state of remaining unknown to most other people:
Names of people in the documentary were changed to preserve anonymity. * the anonymity of the big city (= where people do not know each other) * (especially AmE) He agreed to give an interview on condition of anonymity (= if his name was not mentioned). * The person donating the money insisted on complete anonymity. * Anyone providing information to the police will be guaranteed anonymity.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is anonymity a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, anonymity is tagged as noun.
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