Anonymize
verb
(transitive) to carry out or organize in such a way as to preserve anonymity: anonymized AIDS screening
Historical Examples
We all had the same basic ParanoidXbox install, so we could all anonymize our pictures.
Little Brother Cory Doctorow
verb
to make anonymous
Word Origin
anonymous + -ize
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- Anonymously
without any name acknowledged, as that of author, contributor, or the like: an anonymous letter to the editor; an anonymous donation. of unknown name; whose name is withheld: an anonymous author. lacking individuality, unique character, or distinction: an endless row of drab, anonymous houses. Contemporary Examples The article, by Jonathan Strong, is rife with scaremongering, […]
- Anonymousness
without any name acknowledged, as that of author, contributor, or the like: an anonymous letter to the editor; an anonymous donation. of unknown name; whose name is withheld: an anonymous author. lacking individuality, unique character, or distinction: an endless row of drab, anonymous houses. Historical Examples This train of thought terminated at last in various […]
- Anonymous
without any name acknowledged, as that of author, contributor, or the like: an anonymous letter to the editor; an anonymous donation. of unknown name; whose name is withheld: an anonymous author. lacking individuality, unique character, or distinction: an endless row of drab, anonymous houses. Contemporary Examples When an explosion tears through Barneys, Aidan receives an […]
- Anonyms
an assumed or false name. an person or publication. noun a less common word for pseudonym an anonymous person or publication n. 1812, “nameless person,” from French anonyme, from Latin anonymus, from Greek anonymos “without a name” (see anonymous). Meaning “fictitious name” is recorded from 1866.
- Anopheles
any mosquito of the genus Anopheles, certain species of which are vectors of the parasite causing malaria in humans, distinguished from other mosquitoes by the absence of breathing tubes in the larvae and by the head-downward stance of the adult while resting or feeding. Contemporary Examples In contrast to the veteran anopheles, the Aedes mosquito […]