pseudonym
A fictitious name, as those used by writers and movie starsA fictitious name (more literally, a false name), as those used by writers and movie stars.
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Meaning
1 sensesA fictitious name (more literally, a false name), as those used by writers and movie stars.
The Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson wrote "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll.
Pseudonym
псевдони́мpsevdoním, вы́мышленное и́мяvýmyšlennoje ímja
псевдоні́мpsevdoním
a fictitious name used when the person performs a particular social role
Examples
19 sentencesTom writes under a pseudonym.
ruТом пишет под псевдонимом. — marafon
Some writers go by pseudonyms.
Tom Jackson writes under a pseudonym.
She was travelling under a pseudonym.
deSie reiste unter einem Pseudonym. — Esperantostern
Tom wrote that one under a pseudonym.
Translations
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Origin
Back-formation from pseudonymous, from French pseudonyme (“pseudonymous”, adjective), fromBack-formation from pseudonymous, from French pseudonyme (“pseudonymous”, adjective), from Ancient Greek ψευδώνυμος (pseudṓnumos), from ψευδής (pseudḗs, “false”) and ὄνυμα (ónuma), a dialectal form of ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”). By surface analysis, pseudo- + -onym.
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Forms
plural: pseudonyms| Singular | pseudonym |
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regular
Synonyms
4 synonyms- a fictitious name used when the person performs a particular social role:anonymnom de guerre
Antonyms
3 antonymsWord family
12 related wordsSee also
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