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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A fictitious name, especially a pen name.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A false name; especially, a fictitious name assumed by an author in order to conceal or veil his identity.
  2. 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

  1. n. A fictitious name, often used by writers and movie stars.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. A fictitious name assumed for the time, as by an author; a pen name; an alias.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a fictitious name used when the person performs a particular social role

Etymologies

  1. From pseudonymous, from French pseudonyme ("having a false name"), from Ancient Greek ψευδώνυμος (pseudōnumos), from ψευδής (pseudēs, "false") and ὄνυμα (onuma), from ὄνομα (onoma, "name"). (Wiktionary)
  2. French pseudonyme, from Greek pseudōnumon, neuter of pseudōnumos, falsely named : pseudēs, false; see pseudo- + onuma, name. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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synonyms (2)

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  1. alias
  1. Nam

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  1. name

hyponyms (3)

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  1. pen name
  1. nom de plume
  1. stage name

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  1. plume
  1. boxe
  1. sobriquet

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  5. Le Corbusier
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  • Ira Grace Johnson "WEBSTER'S AMERICAN ENGLISH DICTIONARY" AUTHORS:EDITORS OF MARRIAM-WEBSTER PG270 Sep 4, 2010

  • whichbe I.P. Freely is lucky, I have to pay 5 cents every time. :( Jan 8, 2009

  • pinkpop268 A fake name if you dont want to use your real name (I.P Freely is a great example =) Jan 8, 2009

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