# anonymous

Pronunciation: say "uh-NON-uh-muhs" US /əˈnɑ.nə.məs/, UK /əˈnɒn.ə.məs/, AUS /əˈnɔn.ə.məs/

## Adjective

1. Having a name that is unknown or deliberately kept hidden.
   - Simple: Having a name that is kept secret or not known.
   - _The newspaper protected its sources by keeping them anonymous._
   - _An anonymous caller warned the staff to evacuate the building._
2. Produced or carried out without any name attached to the person responsible.
   - Simple: Made or done without showing who is responsible.
   - _The report was published anonymously, with no author credited._
   - _Several anonymous pamphlets circulated during the election._
3. Having no distinctive features or individual character.
   - Simple: Having nothing special that makes it stand out from others.
   - _The new suburb was a sprawl of anonymous houses with identical rooflines._
   - _She hated the anonymous uniformity of the corporate cubicles._
4. Having no name assigned, as with an organism not yet placed in any species.
   - Simple: Having no name at all, like a creature not yet placed in any group.
   - _The deep-sea specimen remained anonymous, lacking any formal scientific name._
   - _Dozens of anonymous peaks dot the remote mountain range._

## Origin

English borrowed this around 1600 from Late Latin anonymus, which came from Ancient Greek anōnumos meaning "without name", formed from an- ("un-") plus a dialectal form of onoma ("name").

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