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anonymity Definition

ano·nym·ity (an′ə nimə tē)

noun

the condition or fact of being anonymous

anonymity Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • preserve: Students ' names have been changed to help preserve anonymity.
  • prefer: Others prefer the anonymity of the telephone or email.
  • maintain: Please note that all names have been changed to maintain anonymity.
  • guarantee: He is in the position of a sperm donor who has not been guaranteed anonymity in law!
  • afford: In effect, this means affording participants anonymity in any information from the research that is made public.
  • protect: The code will be used to protect the anonymity of the health care worker involved.

Adjective modifier

  • relative: To agree with Bin Laden is a brave thing to do, even via the relative anonymity of the net.
  • strict: Inevitably, because of the sensitivity of the issues which are raised strict anonymity is preserved.
  • complete: Great care was taken to ensure the complete anonymity of the unknown warrior.
  • total: A large bribe in a brown envelope will secure total anonymity to the client in question!
  • same: There is no need for children to identify themselves as children, they may enjoy the same anonymity as adults if they prefer.

Modifies a noun

  • order: Individuals who are subject to control order provisions have the option of applying for an anonymity order.

Noun used with modifier

  • donor: For donors: What does the lifting of donor anonymity mean for you?

Preposition: of

  • respondent: Take care to preserve the anonymity of the respondents from the management otherwise the answers will be less honest.
  • donor: That I cannot give more details here is because I have promised the transplant unit to respect the anonymity of the donor.
  • participant: In such studies it is important to safeguard the anonymity of research participants.
  • Internet: However due to the anonymity of the Internet, there are people who may attempt to abuse this to their own gain.
  • individual: They are connected with the anonymity of individuals who connect with others by means of a global computer network.
  • child: These decisions will be published in such a way as to protect the anonymity of the child or young person concerned.

Preposition: for

  • reason: It is designed to allow our clients to retain anonymity for legitimate reasons.