namelessnessn.
/ˈneɪmləsnəs/, U.S. /ˈneɪmləsnəs/ The state or condition of having no name; anonymity.
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the mind > language > naming > anonymity or lack of a name > [noun]
anonymousness1802
namelessness1805
anonymity1820
incognito1822
nobodiness1886
1805 R. Southey Let. July in C. C. Southey Life & Corr. R. Southey (1850) II. 339 The want of numerals is a fault, I confess; not so the namelessness of the divisions.
1866 C. Dickens Mugby Junction i, in All Year Round Extra Christmas No., 10 Dec. 2/1 A youth with a bitter sense of his namelessness.
1885 Spectator 10 Jan. 51/1 The very namelessness helps to deepen the impression of remoteness.
1927 E. A. Robinson Tristram 84 Into a darkness and a namelessness.
1962 J. Steinbeck Trav. with Charley iv. 207 I had three days of namelessness in a beautiful motor hotel in the middle of Amarillo.
1989 J. Roberson Swordmaker i. ix. 93 I had been a child without kind of any kind, trapped in namelessness and slavery.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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