Anonymia

Also known as: Anonymity

Historical document, translated for reference. It reflects medical knowledge of the 1920s–30s and is not medical advice.

Anonymia is a psychiatric term referring to the refusal of a name or the denial of having a name at all. This condition is observed in some patients suffering from mental illness.

Encyclopedia entry (1928–1936)

ANONYMIA (from the Greek a-negative particle, and onoma-name), the refusal of a name, the denial by some mentally ill patients of the very fact of their possessing any name at all.

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“Anonymia.” Soviet Medical Encyclopedia. English translation of Bolshaya Meditsinskaya Entsiklopediya, 1st ed. (Moscow, 1928–1936), ed. N. A. Semashko. https://sovietmedicalencyclopedia.pages.dev/article/anonymia/