Anonymity is the state of having no name attached to you. Preserve anonymity, under anonymity, the anonymity of the internet.
It protects whistleblowers, witnesses and victims, and it also shelters abuse, which is why every argument about it runs both ways at once. True anonymity online is much harder to achieve than people assume. The Greek means without a name.
1nounanonymityThe state of having no name attached to you.
“The witness agreed to speak to the police on condition of anonymity.”
anonymity is a state.
aNONymity → NO NAME on it
A letter arrives with no name on it anywhere, and no way for anybody to find out who wrote it or where it came from.
hooks ontoname
From Greek anonymos, without a name — an-, not, plus onoma, a name.
Ancient Greek
ἀνώνυμος — anonymous
Latin
anonymus
English, today
anonymity
From Latin anonymus or its etymon Ancient Greek ἀνώνυμος (“anonymous”) ity. Compare French anonymité.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA