anonymity
anonymity
Definition
ano·nym·ity (an′ə nim′ə 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.
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