Pronunciations (4)
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/əˈnɒn.ə.məs/
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/əˈnɑ.nə.məs/
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/əˈnɔn.ə.məs/
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əˈnɒnəməs
Adjective
Lacking a name; not named, for example an animal not assigned to any species .
Usage- not-comparable
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Without any name acknowledged of a person responsible.
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an anonymous pamphlet
an anonymous subscription
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anonymous author or painter
Of unknown name; whose name is withheld
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an anonymous author
an anonymous benefactor
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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.
Lacking individuality.
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an anonymous office block in a soulless industrial estate
Adjective
having no known name or identity or known source
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anonymous authors
anonymous donors
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an anonymous gift
not known or lacking marked individuality
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brown anonymous houses
anonymous bureaucrats in the Civil Service