What does pseudonym mean?
Definitions for pseudonym
ˈsud n ɪmpseu·do·nym
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word pseudonym.
Princeton's WordNet
pseudonym, anonym, nom de guerrenoun
a fictitious name used when the person performs a particular social role
Wiktionary
pseudonymnoun
A fictitious name, often used by writers and movie stars.
The Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson wrote "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll.
Etymology: From pseudonymous, from pseudonyme, from ψευδώνυμος, from ψευδής and ὄνυμα, from ὄνομα.
Wikipedia
Pseudonym
A pseudonym (; from Ancient Greek ψευδώνυμος (pseudṓnumos) 'falsely named') or alias () is a fictitious name that a person or group assumes for a particular purpose, which differs from their original or true name (orthonym). This also differs from a new name that entirely or legally replaces an individual's own. Many pseudonym holders use pseudonyms because they wish to remain anonymous, but anonymity is difficult to achieve and often fraught with legal issues.
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pseudonym
A pseudonym is a fictitious name used by an individual, often a writer, artist, or performer, to conceal their true identity for purposes such as anonymity, to create a separate professional persona, or to present work under a different name.
Webster Dictionary
Pseudonymnoun
a fictitious name assumed for the time, as by an author; a pen name
Etymology: [Cf. F. pseudonyme. See Pseudonymous.]
Wikidata
Pseudonym
A pseudonym is a name that a person or group assumes for a particular purpose, which differs from his or her original or true name. Pseudonyms include stage names, screen names, pen names, nicknames, aliases, gamer identifications, and reign names of emperors, popes and other monarchs. Historically they have often taken the form of anagrams, Graecisms, and Latinisations, although there are many other methods of choosing a pseudonym. Pseudonyms are most usually adopted to hide an individual's real identity, as with writers' pen names, graffiti artists' tags, resistance fighters' or terrorists' noms de guerre, and computer hackers' handles. Actors, musicians, and other performers sometimes use stage names, for example, to mask their ethnic backgrounds. Employers sometimes require employees to use assigned names to help sell products: for example, a company that does business mostly in one country but locates a call center in another country may require its employees to assume names common in the former country to try to draw a more positive or less negative reaction from current and/or prospective customers. In some cases, pseudonyms are adopted because they are part of a cultural or organizational tradition: for example devotional names used by members of some religious institutes, and "cadre names" used by Communist party leaders such as Trotsky and Lenin.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of pseudonym in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of pseudonym in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of pseudonym in a Sentence
The pseudonym for God when He did not want to sign.
The most difficult experience we've had is a patient's family who under a pseudonym had made threats against the hospital, there was a reference to making sure the hospital was locked and we've got people that are coming for you.
Chance is the pseudonym God uses when He does not want to sign His name.
None of the statements released about my being a white nationalist or white supremacist have any truth to them, nor are my political beliefs injected into my teaching of social studies curriculum, while operating under the Russian pseudonym ‘Tiana Dalichov’ on social media and the Unapologetic Podcast, I employed political satire and exaggeration, mainly to the end of attracting listeners and followers, and generating conversation about the content discussed between myself and my guests.
I don’t think so, i would say in defense of Attorney General Lynch, that I have a pseudonym also.
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- pseudònimCatalan, Valencian
- pseudonymCzech
- ffugenwWelsh
- pseudonymDanish
- PseudonymGerman
- ψευδώνυμοGreek
- pseŭdonimoEsperanto
- seudónimoSpanish
- varjunimi, pseudonüümEstonian
- salanimi, pseudonyymi, nimimerkkiFinnish
- nom de guerre, pseudonymeFrench
- ainm bréige, ainm cleiteIrish
- उपनाम, तख़ल्लुसHindi
- álnévHungarian
- կեղծանունArmenian
- pseudonimoIdo
- leyninafn, höfundarnafn, dulnefniIcelandic
- pseudonimoItalian
- 筆名, 雅号, ペンネームJapanese
- 익명, 匿名Korean
- pseudonymumLatin
- schuilnaam, pseudoniemDutch
- psevdonymNorwegian
- pseudonimPolish
- pseudónimoPortuguese
- pseudonimRomanian
- вымышленное имя, псевдони́мRussian
- pseudonimSerbo-Croatian
- pseudonymSwedish
- takma adTurkish
- 笔名Chinese
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