What does anonymous mean?

Definitions for anonymous
əˈnɒn ə məsanony·mous

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. anonymous, anon.adjective

    having no known name or identity or known source

    "anonymous authors"; "anonymous donors"; "an anonymous gift"

  2. anonymousadjective

    not known or lacking marked individuality

    "brown anonymous houses"; "anonymous bureaucrats in the Civil Service"

Wiktionary

  1. anonymousadjective

    Lacking a name; not named and determined, as an animal not assigned to any species.

  2. anonymousadjective

    Without any name acknowledged of a person responsible, as that of author, contributor, or the like.

    an anonymous pamphlet; an anonymous subscription.

  3. anonymousadjective

    Of unknown name; whose name is withheld

    an anonymous author; an anonymous benefactor.

  4. anonymousadjective

    Lacking individuality.

    an anonymous office block in a soulless industrial estate

  5. Etymology: Borrowed into English around 1600 from anonymus, from ἀνώνυμος, from ἀν- + ὄνυμα, Aeolic dialectal form of ὄνομα.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Anonymousadjective

    Wanting a name.

    Etymology:priv. and ὄνομα.

    These animalcules serve also for food to another anonymous insect of the waters. John Ray, on the Creation.

    They would forthwith publish slanders unpunished, the authors being anonymous, the immediate publishers thereof sculking. Notes on the Dunciad.

ChatGPT

  1. anonymous

    Anonymous refers to the state of being unidentified or unnamed. When a person, action, or work is anonymous, its author or actor is not known or cannot be recognized. It often aims to protect someone's identity for various reasons, such as privacy, confidentiality, or security.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Anonymousadjective

    nameless; of unknown name; also, of unknown or unavowed authorship; as, an anonymous benefactor; an anonymous pamphlet or letter

  2. Etymology: [Gr. without name; 'an priv. + , Eol. for name. See Name.]

Wikidata

  1. Anonymous

    "Anonymous" is the second single from Bobby Valentino's second album, Special Occasion The song features and was produced by Timbaland.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Anonymous

    an-on′im-us, adj. wanting a name: not having the name of the author, as distinguished from pseudonymous, when another than his real name has been given.—ns. An′onym, a person whose name is not given: a pseudonym; Anonym′ity, the quality or state of being anonymous.—adv. Anon′ymously. [Gr. anōnymosa, an, neg., and onoma, name.]

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. ANONYMOUS

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Anonymous is ranked #131379 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Anonymous surname appeared 129 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Anonymous.

    78.2% or 101 total occurrences were White.
    5.4% or 7 total occurrences were Asian.
    5.4% or 7 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    4.6% or 6 total occurrences were Black.

British National Corpus

  1. Adjectives Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'anonymous' in Adjectives Frequency: #930

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of anonymous in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of anonymous in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of anonymous in a Sentence

  1. Adam Schiff:

    They have the right to remain anonymous.

  2. Rod Rosenstein:

    The New York Times’s story is inaccurate and factually incorrect, i will not further comment on a story based on anonymous sources who are obviously biased against the department and are advancing their own personal agenda. But let me clear about this : Based on my personal dealings with the president, there is no basis to invoke the 25th Amendment.

  3. Jim Jordan:

    Written answers will not provide a sufficient opportunity to probe all the relevant facts and cross examine The Whistleblower. You don't get to ignite an impeachment effort and never account for your actions and role in orchestrating it, we have serious questions about this individual's political bias and partisan motivations and it seems Mark Zaid and Adam Schiff are attempting to hide these facts from public scrutiny. Last week's testimony raised even more concerns about the anonymous whistleblower and our need to hear from Mark Zaid and Adam Schiff, in person.

  4. President Biden:

    To see people treated like they did, horses barely running over, people being strapped – it's outrageous, i promise you, those people will pay. There will be an investigation underway now and there will be consequences. There will be consequences. President Biden. ( Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) The comments outraged Border Patrol agents, who argued the president threw the officers under the bus while not understanding what the reins were actually used for. The letter, which was signed by Texas Reps. Chips Roy, Brian Babin, and Michael Cloud, as well as Reps. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., Scott Perry, R-Pa., Mary Miller, R-Ill., and Darrell Issa, R-Calif., quotes an anonymous DHS official saying they.

  5. Jeffrey Goldberg:

    We all have to use anonymous sources, especially in a climate where the president of the United States tries to actively intimidate, these are not people who are anonymous to me.

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