pseudonym

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Bigging your real self up using a pseudonym is all fine and dandy.

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

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  • Professional women who use a pseudonym are always deemed to be unmarried I am obliged to you for the information. —  Nest Of Vipers-Gladys Mitchell-Bradley 55
  • Bigging your real self up using a pseudonym is all fine and dandy. —  Libertarian Blog Place
  • Skin and Bones decided a pseudonym was appropriate to avoid confusion and to suggest a "thriller" author name. —  IT'S A CRIME! (OR A MYSTERY...)
  • I'll have to think more about whether seeking glory for a fictitious character like a pseudonym is another way of seeking one's own authority. —  Faith-Promoting Rumor
  • It would be published under a _nom de plume_, of course, she would not use her own name till she had felt her feet; and the choice of the pseudonym was the only definite step towards this venture that she had yet made. —  The Nebuly Coat
 

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  1. French pseudonyme, from Greek pseudōnumon, neuter of pseudōnumos, falsely named : pseudēs, false; see pseudo- + onuma, name; see nŏ̄-men- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Also pseudonyme; from French pseudonyme, from Greek ψευδώνυμος, having a false name, from ψευδής, false, + όνυμα, ὄνομα, name.
 

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/ˈsjudənɪm/
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