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Etymology
From F. pseudonyme < AGr. polytonic|�ε�δ�ν�μο� (pseud�numos) "having a false name" < polytonic|�ε�δή� (pseud�s) "false" and polytonic|�ν�μα (onuma) < polytonic|�νομα (onoma) "name"

Pronunciation
IPA|/�sju�d��nɪm/ italbrac|RP
IPA|/�sudo�nɪm/ italbrac|US
audio|en-us-pseudonym.ogg|Audio (US)

Noun
en-noun

1. A fictitious name, often used by writers and pornography|porn stars.

#:The Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson wrote "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll.

Quotations
c1911 � w:H. G. Wells|H. G. Wells, s:The Obliterated Man|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 � w:H.P. Lovecraft|H.P. Lovecraft, s:Supernatural Horror in Literature|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".

Translations

Chinese:
:Simplified Chinese: ��
:Traditional Chinese: ��
:Pinyin: jiaming
Danish: #Danish|pseudonym
Dutch: pseudoniem n
Finnish: salanimi, nimimerkki
French: nom de guerre, pseudonyme
German: Pseudonym n
Greek: �ε�δ�ν�μο (pseudónymo) n
Icelandic: höfundarnafn n, dulnefni n, leyninafn n
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Italian: pseudonimo m
Japanese: �� (gag�), �� (hitsumei), ����� (penn�mu)
Korean: �� (ingmyeong)
Latin: pseudonymum n
Portuguese: pseudónimo m, pseudônimo m (Brazil)
Romanian: pseudonim n
Russian: п�евдоним|п�евдони�м (psevdoním)
Spanish: seudónimo m
Swedish: #Swedish|pseudonym

Derived terms
pseudonymity
pseudonymous

See also
nom de guerre
nom de plume
pen-name
stage name

Category:Greek derivations

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