deanonymization

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noun

The removal of anonymization.

OriginEnglish anonymization ← Latin dē- ← Proto-Italic *dē →
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Meanings

noundeanonymization (usually uncountable, plural deanonymizations)

plural deanonymizations

  1. uncountableusuallyThe removal of anonymization.

    One milblogger forecasted that the Kremlin will directly mandate authorization and deanonymization of all Internet users in Russia by the end of the 2020s.

    2024 September 6, Riley Bailey, Christina Harward, Kateryna Stepanenko, Davit Gasparyan, Annika Ganzeveld, George Barros, “Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 6, 2024”, in Ukraine Project, The Institute for the Study of War
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    However, research revealed the potential for deanonymization, based on the statistical power of the sheer quantity of data collected from each individual in the database.

    2009 February 6, David Lazer et al., “SOCIAL SCIENCE: Computational Social Science”, in Science, volume 323, number 5915, →DOI, pages 721–723

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindē
  5. Latindē-
  6. Englishde-
  7. Englishanonymization
  8. Englishdeanonymization

From de- + anonymization.

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Translations

French désanonymisation
  • désanonymisationstroke of a brush
Portuguese perda de anonimato
  • perda de anonimatostroke of a brush
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APA

deanonymization. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deanonymization

MLA

“deanonymization.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deanonymization. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “deanonymization,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deanonymization.

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