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pseu⋅do⋅nym

[sood-n-im]
–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


alias, nom de plume.
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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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Word Origin & History

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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