pseudepigraphy

[ soo-duh-pig-ruh-fee ]

noun
  1. the false ascription of a piece of writing to an author.

Origin of pseudepigraphy

1
First recorded 1835–45; pseud- + Greek epigraph(eús) “title, ascription to an author ”(see epigraph) + -y3

Words Nearby pseudepigraphy

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