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Pseudonymous

Definition: Pseudonymous

Pseudonymous

Adjective

1. Bearing or identified by an assumed (often pen) name; "the writings of Mark Twain are pseudonymous".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Etymology: Pseudonymous \Pseu*don"y*mous\, adjective. [expression of Greek origin; pseydh`s false + name: compare to the French expression pseudonyme. See Pseudo-, and Name.]. (Websters 1913)


Synonyms within Context: Pseudonymous

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Misnomer

Adjective: misnamed; Verb: pseudonymous; soi-disant; self called, self styled, self christened; so-called.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Pseudonymous

Etymologies containing "pseudonymous": Pseudonym. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Pseudonymous

DomainTitle

Books

  • Being and Existence in Kierkegaard's Pseudonymous Works (reference)

  • Dictionary of Anonymous and Pseudonymous (reference)

  • Kierkegaard, Godly Deceiver: The Nature and Meaning of His Pseudonymous Writings (reference)

  • Kierkegaard's Pseudonymous Authorship: A Study of Time and the Self (reference)

  • Pseudonymous publications of William Gilmore Simms (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Pseudonymous

"Pseudonymous" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Pseudonymous" is used about 6 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)100%6143,867

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Pseudonymous

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

pseudonymous

3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Pseudonymous

Language Translations for "pseudonymous"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

i shkruar me pseudonim. (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏حامل الإسم المستعار, ‏بإسم مستعار (incognito). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

който е издаден под псевдоним, който пише под псевдоним. (various references)

   

French

  

pseudonyme (pseudonym, pseudonymously). (various references)

   

German

  

pseudonym (alias, nom de plume, pen name, pseudonym). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

כתוב בשם ב"וי. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

álnevû, álnéven szereplõ. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

eudonymouspsay

   

Russian 

  

под псевдонимом. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

pod pseudonimom. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

seudónimo (anonym, nom de plume, pen name, pseudonym). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

pseudonym-. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

takma adlı, takma adla yazılmış. (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

що піше під псеводнімом. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Pseudonymous

Derivations

Words beginning with "pseudonymous": pseudonymously, pseudonymousness, pseudonymousnesses. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Pseudonymous" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: pseudonymously. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Pseudonymous"

Words rhyming with "pseudonymous" (pronounced 'Pseu*don"y*mous'): Abnormous, Achymous, Acrotomous, Aetheogamous, Agamous, Allogamous, Allonymous, Amphigamous, Amphistomous, Anadromous, Androtomous, Angiomonospermous, Angiospermous, Angiostomous, Anonymous, Antidromous, Antistrumous, Aspermous, Athalamous, Athermous, Autogamous, Autonomous, Azymous, Bigamous, Biramous, Blasphemous, Brumous, Campylospermous, Catadromous, Catanadromous, Chromous, Chymous, Coelospermous, Defamous, Flammivomous, Flavicomous, Flexanimous, Floricomous, grumous, gymnospermous, Hemigamous, Homochromous, Homodynamous, Homogamous, infamous, Limous, Lipothymous, Lithodomous, magnanimous, Malacostomous. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Pseudonymous

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "d-e-m-n-o-o-p-s-s-u-u-y"

-2 letters: pseudonyms.

-3 letters: eponymous, pseudonym.

-4 letters: duopsony, endosmos, euonymus, spooneys, spumones.

-5 letters: eponyms, moussed, opossum, osmosed, osmunds, pseudos, sendups, snooped, spooned, spooney, spoused, spumone, spumous, suspend, unposed, upsends, youpons.

 Words containing the letters "d-e-m-n-o-o-p-s-s-u-u-y"
 

+2 letters: pseudonymously.

 

+4 letters: pseudonymousness.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Usage Frequency
5. Expressions: Internet
6. Translations: Modern
7. Derivations
8. Rhymes
9. Anagrams
10. Bibliography


  

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