anonymity.

The condition of not being named or publicly identifiable.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• protected anonymity
• request anonymity

On the page

The researchers protected participants' anonymity in the published accounts.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Usually uncountable; no ordinary plural in this sense. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: analysis, explanation, evaluation. Commonness: moderately common.