anonymize en · VERB
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-) Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ Proto-Hellenic *ónomə Ancient Greek ὄνυμα (ónuma) Ancient Greek ἀνώνυμος (anṓnumos)bor. Late Latin anonymusbor. English anonymous Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English anonymize From anonymous + -ize.
Meanings
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(transitive) To make or render anonymous (especially to remove personally identifying data).
This institutional and research caution is partly due to the fact that oral data is harder to anonymise than written data[.]
2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, →DOI, page 11:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| anonymizing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| anonymizes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| anonymized | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| anonymized | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| anonymise | UK, alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
deanonymize · anonymizer · unanonymize · anonymizable · de-anonymize · anonymization
Relateds
anonymous · anonymal · anonymousness · anon · anonym · anonymously · anonymosity · anonymity
Synonyms
Translations (10)
ga anaithnid (make or render anonymous) · fr anonymiser (make or render anonymous) · cs anonymizovat (make or render anonymous) · ca anonimitzar (make or render anonymous) · nl anonimiseren (make or render anonymous) · pt anonimizar (make or render anonymous) · es anonimizar (make or render anonymous) · it anonimizzare (make or render anonymous) · de anonymisieren (make or render anonymous) · sv anonymisera (make or render anonymous)