anonymity
/ænəˈnɪmɪti/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.39 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
5
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "She's garbed her philanthropic activities in anonymity."
- "Now there are twenty-nine skaters on Wollman Rink Circling in singles and in pairs In this vigorous anonymity"
- "Although the pen-and-paper questionnaires did not require students to give their names, the potential for the teacher to be able to recognise handwriting of individual students led to the perceived loss of anonymity."
- ""It really took off. People would literally come up to me in the street in New York saying 'Hey, Train Daddy, how's it goin'?' "I am quite enjoying the anonymity of London so far..." Given the high-profile task ahead of him, that isn't going to last for long."
- "In one sense the protagonist is the poet himself, but in another sense he is an anonymity."
- "The profiteer who through a combine fleeces the public would scorn to wrong a friend or betray those of his own household. The problem then resolves itself into a question of the elimination of the impersonality, the anonymity of modern life that is made an excuse for moral irresponsibility."
Etymology
From Latin anonymus or its etymon Ancient Greek ἀνώνυμος (anṓnumos, “anonymous”) + -ity. Compare French anonymité.
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ænəˈnɪmɪti/
- British English: /ænəˈnɪmɪti/