pseudonym
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7.7
- noun
- /ˈsuːdəˌnɪm/
:
seudónimo
- The author chose a pseudonym to keep her identity private while publishing her novel.
- names as pseudonyms
- use pseudonyms
- wrote under a pseudonym
To talk about this issue, she goes by the pseudonym brand Dove.
- To talk about this issue, she goes by the pseudonym brand Dove.
- I don't know if that is a real name or a pseudonym.
- Captain Adam Seaborn, Obviously a pseudonym.
- In an attempt to understand why an adult man would buy such services, I spoke to someone who hides behind the pseudonym Breast Milk and Joyer.
- I think Greek names must have been taken as as pseudonyms or you got a new Greek name at some point in your life.
- Here today we're looking at CL Catherine Lucille Moore, who also wrote under a ton of other pseudonyms.
- In the case of Kierkegaard, arguably there's some novelistic things going on there because he has characters who are, you know, speaking for themselves as pseudonyms.
- So this novel, the whites you published initially under a pseudonym.
Examples
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For our purposes today, we'll give her a pseudonym; we'll call her Mary.
Fiction book (1992) -
The names in this study are pseudonyms, adopted to protect the anonymity of the participants.
Academic text (1998) -
I can use a pseudonym.
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We'll give her a pseudonym.
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This time around, we are going to name someone who has previously only gone by a pseudonym in this podcast.
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All patients gave written informed consent and received a pseudonym from an independent third party to ensure data security.
Academic text (2015) -
The the people in the book are given pseudonyms to protect their identity.
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For security reasons, I must use a pseudonym to refer to this prominent former trafficker.
Academic text (2008) -
Teachers can also require students to use only their first names or pseudonyms to protect their identities.
Academic text (2015) -
To ensure confidentiality, we used pseudonyms for participant and school names.
Academic text (2015)
Synonyms
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7.0
A name a person uses instead of their real name to hide identity
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7.4
A name or nickname people use for someone
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3.6
A different name used publicly by an actor or musician
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3.5
A name an author uses instead of their real name when publishing
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3.9
A made-up name someone uses to hide who they are
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6.3
A name someone uses instead of their real name to hide who they are
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8.2
A name an author uses instead of their real name
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9.9
A fake name someone uses to hide their real name
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7.8
A name a business uses that is not its legal registered name
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9.9
A secret name used to hide a person's identity or a project's purpose
A name someone makes up and uses to hide who they are
A familiar name used instead of someone's real name
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
pseudonym = pseudo + onym
Although the word is historically built from Greek combining forms meaning 'false' and 'name', the element 'onym' is not transparent to most learners.
Etymology
Pseudonym comes from Greek parts pseudo- ('false') and -onym ('name'), the same -onym you see in synonym. So a pseudonym is a 'false name' someone uses instead of their real name.