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pseudepigraphy

pseudepigraphy noun: the composition of pseudepigrapha, false credit of authorship to give ideas greater legitimacy.

Noun

pseudepigraphy (plural pseudepigraphies)

  1. The composition of pseudepigrapha, false credit of authorship to give ideas greater legitimacy.
    • Pseudepigraphy was sometimes regarded as a literary lie, a forgery, which enabled the apocalyptic writers to acquire authority for their writings by using a borrowed identity.1988, Ithamar Gruenwald, From Apocalypticism to Gnosticism: Studies in Apocalypticism, Merkavah Mysticism and Gnosticism, Peter Lang, page 24

pseudepigraphy meaning in Tamil

pseudepigraphy in Tamil

எழுத்துத்திருட்டு

Forms of pseudepigraphy

pluralpseudepigraphies

Origin of pseudepigraphy

From pseudo- + epigraphy.

Questions about pseudepigraphy

What does pseudepigraphy mean?
Pseudepigraphy means the composition of pseudepigrapha, false credit of authorship to give ideas greater legitimacy.
What is pseudepigraphy in Tamil?
Pseudepigraphy in Tamil is எழுத்துத்திருட்டு. See Pseudepigraphy meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is pseudepigraphy?
Pseudepigraphy is a noun.
What is the plural of pseudepigraphy?
The plural of pseudepigraphy is pseudepigraphies.

Words near pseudepigraphy in the dictionary

  1. pseudepigraphical
  2. pseudepigraphies
  3. pseudepigraphon
  4. pseudepigraphous
  5. pseudepigraphs
  6. pseudepigraphy
  7. pseudergate
  8. pseudergates
  9. pseuderies
  10. pseudery
  11. pseudesthesia

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pseudepigraphy (page history and authors); pseudepigraphy (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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