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Pseudonym
Pseu′do-nym
,Noun.
[Cf. F.
pseudonyme
. See Pseudonymous
.] A fictitious name assumed for the time, as by an author; a pen name; an alias.
[Written also
pseudonyme
.] Definition 2024
Pseudonym
pseudonym
pseudonym
See also: Pseudonym
English
Noun
pseudonym (plural pseudonyms)
- A fictitious 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.
- c. 1911, H. G. Wells, The Obliterated Man
- I doubt, indeed, whether I should not abandon the struggle altogether—leave this sad world of ordinary life for which I am so ill fitted, abandon the name of Cummins for some professional pseudonym, complete my self-effacement, and—a thing of tricks and tatters, of posing and pretence—go upon the stage.
- 1928, H.P. Lovecraft, Supernatural Horror in Literature
- The best example of its literary use so far are the German novel The Golem, by Gustav Meyrink, and the drama The Dybbuk, by the jewish writer using the pseudonym "Ansky".
Hyponyms
- (acting contexts): stage name
- (literary contexts): pen name, pen-name, nom de plume
- (military contexts): nom de guerre
- (another person's actual name adopted as a pseudonym): allonym
Translations
fictitious name
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Derived terms
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Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sœvdonyːm/, [sœwd̥oˈnyːˀm]
Noun
pseudonym n (singular definite pseudonymet, plural indefinite pseudonymer)
Inflection
Inflection of pseudonym
| neuter gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | pseudonym | pseudonymet | pseudonymer | pseudonymerne |
| genitive | pseudonyms | pseudonymets | pseudonymers | pseudonymernes |
Adjective
pseudonym
Inflection
| Inflection of pseudonym | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
| Common singular | pseudonym | — | —2 |
| Neuter singular | pseudonymt | — | —2 |
| Plural | pseudonyme | — | —2 |
| Definite attributive1 | pseudonyme | — | — |
| 1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively. | |||
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ψευδώνυμος (pseudṓnumos)
Alternative forms
Noun
pseudonym n (definite singular pseudonymet, indefinite plural pseudonym or pseudonymer, definite plural pseudonyma or pseudonymene)
References
- “pseudonym” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ψευδώνυμος (pseudṓnumos)
Alternative forms
Noun
pseudonym n (definite singular pseudonymet, indefinite plural pseudonym, definite plural pseudonyma)
References
- “pseudonym” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.