pseudonym (noun)

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• pseudonym — ► NOUN ▪ a fictitious name, especially one used by an author. ORIGIN from Greek pseud s false + onoma name …   English terms dictionary

• pseudonym — noun VERB + PSEUDONYM ▪ adopt, use ▪ He used various pseudonyms. PREPOSITION ▪ under a/the pseudonym ▪ Eric Blair wrote …   Collocations dictionary

• pseudonym — noun (C) an invented name used by someone, especially a writer, instead of their real name: Charlotte Brontë wrote under the pseudonym of Currer Bell. pseudonymy noun (U) …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• pseudonym — noun /ˈs(j)uː.dəʊ.nɪm,ˈsu.də.nɪm,ˈsudoʊnɪm/ A fictitious name, often used by writers and movie stars. The Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson wrote Alices Adventures in Wonderland under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll …   Wiktionary

• pseudonym — noun Geisel was best known by the pseudonym Dr. Seuss Syn: pen name, nom de plume, assumed name, false name, alias, professional name, sobriquet, stage name, nom de guerre …   Thesaurus of popular words

• pseudonym — noun Etymology: French pseudonyme, from Greek pseudōnymos bearing a false name, from pseud + onyma name more at name Date: 1833 a fictitious name; especially pen name …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• pseudonym — UK [ˈsjuːdənɪm] / US [ˈsud(ə)nɪm] noun [countable] Word forms pseudonym : singular pseudonym plural pseudonyms a name that someone uses that is not their real name, especially for writing a book …   English dictionary

• pseudonym — [19] Pseudonym comes via French pseudonyme from Greek pseudónumon, a compound formed from pseudés ‘false’ and ónoma ‘name’. Pseudés, a derivative of the verb pseúdein ‘lie’, has given English the prolific prefix pseudo , which in the mid 20th… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• pseudonym — [19] Pseudonym comes via French pseudonyme from Greek pseudónumon, a compound formed from pseudés ‘false’ and ónoma ‘name’. Pseudés, a derivative of the verb pseúdein ‘lie’, has given English the prolific prefix pseudo , which in the mid 20th… …   Word origins

• pseudonym — pseu|do|nym [ sudnım ] noun count a name that someone uses that is not their real name, especially for writing a book …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• pseudonym — [ s(j)u:dənɪm] noun a fictitious name, especially one used by an author. Origin C19: from Fr. pseudonyme, from Gk pseudōnymos, from pseudēs false + onoma name …   English new terms dictionary