pseudonym
UK/ˈs(j)uː.də(ʊ).nɪm//ˈsu.də.nɪm/
pseudonym noun: a fictitious name (more literally, a false name), as those used by writers and movie stars.
Noun
pseudonym (plural pseudonyms)
- A fictitious name (more literally, a false name), as those used by writers and movie stars.
- The Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson wrote "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll.
- 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...c. 1911, H. G. Wells, The Obliterated Man
pseudonym meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
pseudonym in Hindi
- fictitious name (more literally, a false name)
- छद्मनाम chadmanām, तख़ल्लुस taxallus
pseudonym in Marathi
- छद्मनाम
pseudonym in Urdu
- fictitious name (more literally, a false name)
- عَرْف 'arf, عُرْف 'urf, تَخَلُّص taxallus
pseudonym in Bengali
- pseudonym
- ছদ্মনাম chodmonam
More languagesFewer languages
- pseudonym in Malayalam
- കള്ളപ്പേര്, സങ്കല്പനാമം, തൂലികാനാമം, കപടനാമം
- pseudonym in Kannada
- ಕಲ್ಪಿತನಾಮ, ಗುಪ್ತನಾಮ, ಲೇಖನಾಮ, ಗುಟ್ಟುಹೆಸರು
- pseudonym in Punjabi
- ਛਦ੍ਮ ਨਾਮ
- pseudonym in Gujarati
- તખલ્લુસ takhallus
- pseudonym in Odia
- ଛଦ୍ମନାମ, ଛଦ୍ମ ନାମ, ଛଦ୍ମନାମ୍
- pseudonym in Nepali
- छद्म नाम, छद्मनाम
- pseudonym in Arabic
- اِسْم مُسْتَعَار ism mustaʕār
- pseudonym in Indonesian
- pseudonim
- pseudonym in Thai
- นามแฝง naam-fɛ̌ɛng
- pseudonym in Vietnamese
- biệt hiệu, bút danh, tên chữ, tên tự
Examples of pseudonym in a sentence
- 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".1928, H.P. Lovecraft, Supernatural Horror in Literature:
- Maybe it got stuck in a printer.’ That was my first thought,” Parker, who requested to go by a pseudonym due to fear of retaliation, tells Them.2025 March 3, Nico Lang, ““Simply Trying to Exist”: How Trans Americans Are Navigating the Confusion and Chaos of Trump’s Passport Policy”...
Synonyms of pseudonym
Antonyms
Forms of pseudonym
| plural | pseudonyms |
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Origin of pseudonym
Back-formation from pseudonymous, from French pseudonyme (“pseudonymous”, adjective), from Ancient Greek ψευδώνυμος (pseudṓnumos), from ψευδής (pseudḗs, “false”) and ὄνυμα (ónuma), a dialectal form of ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”). By surface analysis, pseudo- + -onym.
Words formed from pseudonym
Questions about pseudonym
- What does pseudonym mean?
- Pseudonym means a fictitious name (more literally, a false name), as those used by writers and movie stars.
- What is pseudonym in Hindi?
- Pseudonym in Hindi is छद्मनाम (chadmanām), तख़ल्लुस (taxallus). See Pseudonym meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use pseudonym in a sentence?
- 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".
- What part of speech is pseudonym?
- Pseudonym is a noun.
- How do you pronounce pseudonym?
- Pseudonym is pronounced /ˈs(j)uː.də(ʊ).nɪm/ (UK).
- What is the plural of pseudonym?
- The plural of pseudonym is pseudonyms.
Words near pseudonym in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: pseudonym (page history and authors); pseudonym (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ছদ্মনাম (Bengali) (page history and authors); pseudonym (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); pseudonym (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); pseudonym (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pseudonym (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pseudonym (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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