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pseudonymity

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pseu⋅do⋅nym⋅i⋅ty

[sood-n-im-i-tee]
–noun
1. pseudonymous character.
2. use of a pseudonym.

Origin:
1875–80; pseudonym + -ity
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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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