as in obscurity
the quality or state of being mostly or completely unknown
oddly enough we like the anonymity of being a part of an enormous crowd
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Recent Examples of anonymity
Another example is Amigo’s approach to cryptography and anonymity.
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Margo Anderson, IEEE Spectrum, 19 Oct. 2025
The officials insisted on anonymity as a condition for talking to reporters ahead of Trump signing the proclamation.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2025
The officials insisted on anonymity as a condition for talking to reporters ahead of Trump signing the proclamation.
—Josh Boak, Twin Cities, 17 Oct. 2025
The band’s anonymity was a big part of its allure.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 16 Oct. 2025
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Margo Anderson, IEEE Spectrum, 19 Oct. 2025
The officials insisted on anonymity as a condition for talking to reporters ahead of Trump signing the proclamation.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2025
The officials insisted on anonymity as a condition for talking to reporters ahead of Trump signing the proclamation.
—Josh Boak, Twin Cities, 17 Oct. 2025
The band’s anonymity was a big part of its allure.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 16 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for anonymity
Noun
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Bandmates Callum, Melusine and Al are mostly toiling in obscurity until a violent act at one of their gigs goes viral.—
Lizz Schumer,
PEOPLE,
23 Oct. 2025
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As Hollywood has grown more outspoken in recent months about the situation in the Middle East, the challenges of convincing its distributors — the lifelines that can take movies from obscurity to national recognition — remain.—
Rebecca Keegan,
NBC news,
23 Oct. 2025
Noun
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After a near-fatal experience, Kaif began seeing both stories and silences differently.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
20 Oct. 2025
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In Colombia, an 18-year-old visits her estranged mother — a former guerrilla turned bride-to-be — hoping to find a revolutionary heroine but instead encounters silence, regret and love unspoken.—
Emiliano De Pablos,
Variety,
20 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Back at the trailer that evening, the fire session feels better than ever, a vertiginous slide into oblivion.—
Rowan Jacobsen,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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And of course all these remembrances are motivated, finally, by a desire to save, to whatever extent possible, people and stories and the truth as the authors understand it from impending oblivion.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Oct. 2025
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“Anonymity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anonymity. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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