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pseu·do·nym

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–noun

a fictitious name used by an author to conceal his or her identity; pen name. Compare allonym (def. 1).

[Origin: 1840–50; < Gk pseudnymon false name; see pseud-, -onym

]

—Synonyms alias, nom de plume.

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pseu·do·nym Audio Help (sōōd'n-ĭm') Pronunciation Key
n. A fictitious name, especially a pen name.

[French pseudonyme, from Greek pseudōnumon, neuter of pseudōnumos, falsely named : pseudēs, false; see pseudo- + onuma, name; see n-men- in Indo-European roots.]

pseu'do·nym'i·ty n., pseu·don'y·mous (sōō-dŏn'ə-məs) adj., pseu·don'y·mous·ly adv.

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pseudonym

1706 (in pseudonymous), from Fr. pseudonyme (adj.), from Gk. pseudonymos "having a false name," from pseudes "false" + onyma dial. form of "name." Properly of made-up names; the name of an actual author or person of reputation, affixed to a work he or she did not write, is an allonym. Pseudonymous first recorded 1706.

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pseudonym
noun
a fictitious name used when the person performs a particular social role

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pseudonym [ˈsjuːdənim] noun

a false name used by an author
Example: He wrote under a pseudonym.

Arabic:	إسْم مُسْتَعار
Chinese (Simplified):	笔名
Chinese (Traditional):	筆名
Czech:	pseudonym
Danish:	pseudonym
Dutch:	schuilnaam
Estonian:	varjunimi
Finnish:	salanimi
French:	pseudonyme
German:	das Pseudonym
Greek:	ψευδώνυμο
Hungarian:	(írói) álnév
Icelandic:	höfundarnafn, dulnefni
Indonesian:	nama samaran
Italian:	pseudonimo

Japanese:	ペンネーム
Korean:	가명
Latvian:	pseidonīms
Lithuanian:	slapyvardis
Norwegian:	pseudonym
Polish:	pseudonim
Portuguese (Brazil):	pseudônimo
Portuguese (Portugal):	pseudónimo
Romanian:	pseudonim
Russian:	псевдоним
Slovak:	pseudonym
Slovenian:	psevdonim
Spanish:	seudónimo
Swedish:	pseudonym
Turkish:	takma ad

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Pseudonym

Pseu"do*nym\, n. [Cf. F. pseudonyme. See Pseudonymous.] A fictitious name assumed for the time, as by an author; a pen name. [Written also pseudonyme.]

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