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pseu⋅do⋅nym
[sood-n-im] 
n
–noun
| a fictitious name used by an author to conceal his or her identity; pen name. Compare allonym (def. 1). |
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| pseu·do·nym (sōōd'n-ĭm') 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
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.]
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : pseudonym
Spanish:
seudónimo,
German:
das Pseudonym,
Japanese:
ペンネーム
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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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