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allonymous

allonymous adjective: misattributed: appearing or (especially) knowingly published under the name of a different person from the true author.

Adjective

allonymous (not comparable)

  1. Misattributed: appearing or (especially) knowingly published under the name of a different person from the true author.
    • allonymous authorship
    • allonymous pseudonym

Synonyms of allonymous

Origin of allonymous

From allonym + -ous (suffix forming adjectives).

Words formed from allonymous

Questions about allonymous

What does allonymous mean?
Allonymous means misattributed: appearing or (especially) knowingly published under the name of a different person from the true author.
What part of speech is allonymous?
Allonymous is an adjective.

Words near allonymous in the dictionary

  1. allonurse
  2. allonursed
  3. allonursing
  4. allonym
  5. allonymies
  6. allonymous
  7. allonymously
  8. allonyms
  9. allonymy
  10. alloo
  11. alloocimene

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