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anonymity
English
Etymology
anonym +? -ity, the root from French anonyme and ultimately from Ancient Greek ???????? (an?numos).
Pronunciation
- (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /æn??n?m?ti/
Noun
anonymity (countable and uncountable, plural anonymities)
- (uncountable) The quality or state of being anonymous; anonymousness. [from 19th c.]
- 1976, Joni Mitchell, "Song for Sharon":
- Now there are twenty-nine skaters on Wollman Rink
- Circling in singles and in pairs
- In this vigorous anonymity
- 1976, Joni Mitchell, "Song for Sharon":
- (countable) That which is anonymous.
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References
- James A. H. Murray [et al.], editors (1884–1928) , “Anonymity”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume I (A–B), London: Clarendon Press, OCLC 15566697, page 347, column 3.
- anonymity in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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obscurity
English
Etymology
From Middle French obscurité, from Latin obsc?rit?s; synchronically analyzable as obscure +? -ity
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?b?skj????ti/, /?b?skj????ti/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?b?skj???ti/, /?b?skj??ti/
- Hyphenation: ob?scur?ity
Noun
obscurity (countable and uncountable, plural obscurities)
- (literary) Darkness; the absence of light.
- 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, ch. 24
- I walked in, and Stroeve followed me. The room was in darkness. I could only see that it was an attic, with a sloping roof; and a faint glimmer, no more than a less profound obscurity, came from a skylight.
- 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, ch. 24
- The state of being unknown; a thing that is unknown.
- The quality of being difficult to understand; a thing that is difficult to understand.
Synonyms
- (the state of being unknown): unknownness
Antonyms
- (the state of being known): fame
- (the state of being clear): clarity
Related terms
- obscure
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