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[ adjective ] having no known name or identity or known source
Synonyms Examples "anonymous authors" "anonymous donors" "an anonymous gift" Used in print (The Atlanta Constitution...)It was marked by controversy , anonymous midnight phone_calls and veiled threats of violence . During the election campaign , both candidates , Davis and Bush , reportedly received anonymous telephone_calls . Ordinary Williams said he , too , was subjected to anonymous calls soon after he scheduled the election . |
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[ adjective ] not known or lacking marked individuality
Examples "brown anonymous houses" "anonymous bureaucrats in the Civil Service" Used in print (Brainard Cheney, "Christianity and the Tragic Vision-Ut...)Moreover the centralization of our economy during the 1920 s , the dislocations of the Depression , the common ethos of Materialism everywhere , all contributed in various ways to the face-lifting that replaced Mike_Fink and the Great_Gatsby with the anonymous physiognomy of the Little_People . Related terms |
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