Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A fictitious name, especially a pen name.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A false name; especially, a fictitious name assumed by an author in order to conceal or veil his identity.
- n. In natural history, the vernacular name of a species or other group of animals or plants, as distinguished from its tenable technical name: thus, robin is the pseudonym of Turdus migratorius.
Wiktionary
- n. A fictitious name, often used by writers and movie stars.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A fictitious name assumed for the time, as by an author; a pen name; an alias.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a fictitious name used when the person performs a particular social role
Etymologies
- French pseudonyme, from Greek pseudōnumon, neuter of pseudōnumos, falsely named : pseudēs, false; see pseudo- + onuma, name; see nŏ̄-men- in Indo-European roots.
Examples
“Vertov, whose pseudonym translates as “whizzing top,” started his film career in news reels … more from here.”
“Also, a pseudonym is less of a secret identity than a marketing tool.”
“Whatever, Ed. Just so you know, nothing you write, under any pseudonym, is ever going to appear here without the self-discrediting white-nationalist slur appearing directly below it.”
“I have no wish to hide my gender, but my prospective pseudonym is a bit masculine.”
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“The fact that I use this specific pseudonym is to remind that little politician in each of us what ought to matter most.”
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“Having a pseudonym is like waving a red flag in front of a librarian, by the way.”
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“Having a pseudonym is not about, as some argue, building a brand story or mystique; it is about masking identity, which is inherently deceitful.”
“If you're gonna put 'colourway' and 'curate' on the proverbial cycling, hipster, and other maps, you might as well get your name pseudonym in the NYT.”
“Does the word pseudonym mean anything to this writer?”
“If ID proponents want to focus exclusively on research that presumes God exists (regardless of what pseudonym is used) there is no reason to expect support from public institutions.”
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘pseudonym’.
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GRE Barrons Wordlist
A complete Barron's Wordlist for GRE preparation. Your online flashcard replacement.
abase, abash, abate, abbreviate, abdicate, aberrant, aberration, abet, abeyance, abhor, abject, abjure and 4084 more...
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Words build meanings from origins( etymology )
These come from gamma meditation ,I think.
discursive, exogenous, machinations, purportedly, sumptuous, congruity, cantankerous, incongruous, festoon, hessian, ratiocinative, stratigraphic and 550 more...
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George Owell's works
pseudonym, Trotsky, Troskyist, apparatchik, purge, ostensible, gullibility, gullible, succumb, enamored, dystopia, nuzzle and 5 more...
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Nyms
synonym, antonym, eudonym, retronym, homonym, womonym, ananym, aptronym, autoantonym, bacronym, capitonym, endonym and 16 more...
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-onym, -onymous, -onymic
denoting or relating to names
acronym, synonymous, patronymic, antonym, ananym, anonym, aptronym, autonym, caconym, cohyponym, cryptonym, dionym and 29 more...
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pseudonym, Cacophony, Cannabis, Bogus, Soulless, via, celestial, Liquor, dwarf, Wretched, Gemini, quartz and 53 more...
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Fun to Say
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writhe, quibble, smock, festival, carnival, unicycle, panorama, mammogram, explicit, prehensile, pseudonym, antonym and 18 more...
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Logodaedalus' Lexical Locutionary
Discombobulating the illiterate since the middle of the last century.
adiaphora, agitprop, alliteration, apophthegm, autarky, bête noire, bezoar, biorhythm, braggadocio, canaille, confabulate, confrère and 209 more...
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State Spelling Bee 2011
Words from the California State Spelling Bee in 2011, from which I got fourth place.
cymbidium, jurisprudence, entourage, cauterize, dressage, roux, pomaceous, malfeasance, jactitation, eclogue, caryotid, obloquy and 126 more...
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MsHalston's Words
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Words about words
Most of these describe word patterns or relationships between words.
panvocalic, palindrome, anagram, transposition, antigram, reversal, isogram, alternade, trinade, beheadment, decapitation, apheresis and 149 more...
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fuffbee's Words
panopticon, perihelion, apsis, cuppycake, nexus, fufflebee, shawshank, hoi, lool, apogee, id, rubedo and 90 more...
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lucidity, journalistic, truthiness, foolhardy, egotism, lesbian, orgasmic, activism, moonglow, voodoo, conquer, demolish and 534 more...
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adumbrate, beatific, blandiloquent, caliginous, champagne, anointed, chatoyant, chiaroscuro, diffuse, dulcet, ebullient, efflorescence and 94 more...
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prosopopeia, lisle, magisterial, zeitgeist, zeugma, bloviate, apocryphal, bon mot, cacophony, euphony, brigandier, micturition and 313 more...
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ginnylev's Words
neuroplasticity, repudiate, scintilla, ruminate, tautology, ombudsman, exigent, filibuster, grace, ambidextrous, amends, disclosure and 623 more...
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