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Pseudonym

//ˈsu.də.nɪm// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A 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."

  2. 2
    a fictitious name used when the person performs a particular social role wordnet

Etymology

Back-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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