Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The false ascription of a particular authorship to works.
Wiktionary
- n. The ascription of false names of authors to works.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The ascription of false names of authors to works.
Etymologies
- pseudo- + epigraphy (Wiktionary)
Examples
“These are all taken from Pauline epistles that even skeptics take as Paul's own and not exercises in pseudepigraphy:”
“Ken Schenck also quotes Davids quoting Bauckham on pseudepigraphy.”
“Since pseudepigraphy is one of the defining characteristics of the genre of alchemist literature, it seems safe to assume that the commentary on Zosimus is a false attribution.”
“2 Peter is probably the clearest instance of pseudepigraphy in the New Testament.”
“b/c I thought the voice demanded pseudepigraphy ...”
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘pseudepigraphy’.
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pabouche, pabulous, pabulum, pacable, pace, pachydermia, pachyglossal, pachymeter, pachynsis, paciferous, pacificate, pactolian and 1766 more...
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November
irresolute, obsequious, truculent, palliative, salvo, troubadour, elocutionist, pseudepigraphy, abattoir, repudiate, impugn, vitiated and 3 more...
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