pseudonym
English
Etymology
Back-formation from pseudonymous, from French pseudonyme (“pseudonymous”, adjective), from Ancient Greek ψευδώνυμος (pseudṓnumos), from ψευδής (pseudḗs, “false”) and ὄνυμα (ónuma), from ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”). Alternatively, analyzable as pseudo- + -onym.
Pronunciation
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Noun
pseudonym (plural pseudonyms)
- A fictitious 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.
- c. 1911 H. G. Wells, The Obliterated Man
- 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 stage.
- 1928, H.P. Lovecraft, Supernatural Horror in Literature
- 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".
Hyponyms
- (acting contexts): stage name
- (literary contexts): pen name, pen-name, nom de plume
- (military contexts): nom de guerre
- (another person's actual name adopted as a pseudonym): allonym
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
Translations
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See also
Czech
Noun
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Danish
Pronunciation
Noun
pseudonym n (singular definite pseudonymet, plural indefinite pseudonymer)
Inflection
neuter gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | pseudonym | pseudonymet | pseudonymer | pseudonymerne |
genitive | pseudonyms | pseudonymets | pseudonymers | pseudonymernes |
Adjective
pseudonym
Inflection
Inflection of pseudonym | |||
---|---|---|---|
Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
Indefinte common singular | pseudonym | — | —2 |
Indefinite neuter singular | pseudonymt | — | —2 |
Plural | pseudonyme | — | —2 |
Definite attributive1 | pseudonyme | — | — |
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively. |
Further reading
pseudonym on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
German
Pronunciation
Adjective
pseudonym (not comparable)
Declension
Further reading
- “pseudonym” in Duden online
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ψευδώνυμος (pseudṓnumos)
Noun
pseudonym n (definite singular pseudonymet, indefinite plural pseudonym or pseudonymer, definite plural pseudonyma or pseudonymene)
References
- “pseudonym” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ψευδώνυμος (pseudṓnumos)
Noun
pseudonym n (definite singular pseudonymet, indefinite plural pseudonym, definite plural pseudonyma)
References
- “pseudonym” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
- English back-formations
- English terms derived from French
- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
- English terms prefixed with pseudo-
- English terms suffixed with -onym
- English 3-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Onomastics
- Danish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Danish lemmas
- Danish nouns
- Danish neuter nouns
- Danish adjectives
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio links
- German lemmas
- German adjectives
- German uncomparable adjectives
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål neuter nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk neuter nouns