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Definition: Pseudonym |
PseudonymNoun1. A fictitious name used when the person performs a particular social role. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "pseudonym" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1844. (references) |
Etymology: Pseudonym \Pseu"do*nym\, noun. [Compare to the French expression pseudonyme. See Pseudonymous.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definition |
Publishing & Graphic Arts | An assumed name of the author. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
When used by authors, a pseudonym is also called a pen name or nom de plume. This is an English expression: in France, such an alias is more commonly termed a nom de guerre, or "name of war".
When used by actors, performers, or models, a pseudonym is also called a stage name (or sometimes "screen name")
Famous pseudonyms of people who were neither authors nor actors include:
See also:
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Pseudonym."
Synonyms: PseudonymSynonyms: anonym (n), nom de guerre (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Misnomer | Nickname, sobriquet, by-name; assumed name, assumed title; alias; nom de course, nom de theatre, nom de guerre, nom de plume; pseudonym, pseudonymy. |
Neologism | Pseudonym; (misnomer); Mr. So-and-so; wha d'ye call 'em, whatchacallim, what's his name; thingummy, thingumbob; je ne sais quoi. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Pseudonym |
| English words defined with "pseudonym": nom de plume ♦ Pen name ♦ stage name. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "pseudonym": Alcofribas ♦ Caran D'Ache ♦ Glasse ♦ Hunting the Snark ♦ Picatrix ♦ Reynard the Fox ♦ Wetherell. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Pseudonym" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Czech (pen name, pseudonym), German (alias, nom de plume, pen name, pseudonym, pseudonymous), Swedish (nom de plume, pen name, pen-name, pseudonym). |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | The pseudonym and autonym libraries / Aubrey Beardsley. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Coleridge | Chance is but the pseudonym of God for those particular cases which he does not choose to subscribe openly with his own sign-manual. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Minorities | Philippines | Some Muslims therefore use a Christian pseudonym and do not wear distinctive dress when applying for housing or jobs. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Pseudonym" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Pseudonym" is used about 88 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 Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 88 | 35,154 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
pseudonym | 75 |
author pseudonym | 10 |
dickens pseudonym | 7 |
geisels pseudonym | 6 |
funny pseudonym santa | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "pseudonym"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | pseudonim (alias, anonym). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | إسم مستعار (alias, anonymity, incognito, nom de plume, sobriquet, soubriquet), إسم أدبي. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | псевдоним (alias, anonym, sobriquet, soubriquet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 筆名 (pen name), 假名. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | pseudonym (pen name). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | pseudonym (pen-name). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | schuilnaam (pen-name), pseudoniem (alias, alias-name, pen-name). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | pseŭdonimo. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faeroese | dulnevni. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | تخلص , اسم مستعار. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | nimimerkki. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | pseudonyme (pseudonymous, pseudonymously). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Pseudonym (alias, nom de plume, pen name, pseudonymous), Deckname (aliases, assumed name, code name). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ψευδώνυμο (alias, assumed, nom de plume, pen name, penname). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | שם ב"וי, פסב"ו ים (pen name), כ וי ספרותי (nom de plume, pen name). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | álnév (alias, anonym, assumed name, feigned name, incognito, nom de plume, pen name, sobriquet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Irish | ainm cleite. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | pseudonimo (alias, nom de plume, pen name). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 匿名 (anonymity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | が"う (alias, nom de plume, pen name), ひつめい (alias, nom de plume, pen name), べつめい (alias, another or separate order, nom de plume, pen name), べつみょう (alias, nom de plume, pen name), べっしょう (alias, derogatory term, disparaging words, nom de plume, pen name), つくりな (alias, nom de plume, pen name), かりな (alias, borrowed name, nom de plume, pen name), かめい (affiliation, alias, command, family honour, family name, house name, nom de plume, order, participation, pen name, undermentioned, undersigned), いしょう (alias, clothing, costume, design, dress, garment, nom de plume, outfit, pen name, strange phenomenon, vision), けみょう (alias, nom de plume, pen name), とくめい (anonymity, mission). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 익명 (Anonymity, Anonymous). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | far-ennym (alias, cognomen, nickname, pronoun). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eudonympsay pseudonim. (various references) pseudônimo (alias, anonym, nom de plume). (various references) pseudonim (anonym, nom de plume, pen name, sobriquet, soubriquet). (various references) псевдоним (alias, anonym, assumed name, nom de guerre, pen name). (various references) pseudonim (alias, anonym). (various references) seudónimo (anonym, nom de plume, pen name, pseudonymous). (various references) pseudonym (nom de plume, pen name, pen-name). (various references) yazarın takma adı, takma ad (agnomen, alias, byname, cognomen, incognito, nickname, nom de guerre, nom de plume, pen name, pseudonymity, sobriquet, soubriquet, surname). (various references) псевдонім (anonym). (various references) ffugenw. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | pseudonymos. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "pseudonym": pseudonymities, pseudonymity, pseudonymous, pseudonymously, pseudonymousness, pseudonymousnesses, pseudonyms. (additional references) | |
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"Pseudonym" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: peudonym, psedonym, pseudnym, pseudonum, Pseudoryx, pseudunym, psudonym, psuedonym, seudonym. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "pseudonym" (pronounced suw"duni'm) |
| 4 | -u n i' m | synonym. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-m-n-o-p-s-u-y" | |
-2 letters: eponyms, spumone, unposed. | |
-3 letters: demons, doyens, eponym, mondes, moneys, mopeds, mounds, moused, mousey, myopes, odeums, osmund, pounds, pseudo, sendup, souped, spumed, undoes, upends, upsend, yupons. | |
-4 letters: demon, demos, domes, donsy, dopes, dopey, doums, douse, doyen, dumps, dumpy, dunes, dupes, dynes, emyds, mends, menus, meous, meson, modes, modus, monde, money, moped, mopes, mopey, mosey. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-m-n-o-p-s-u-y" | |
+1 letter: pseudonyms. | |
+2 letters: unemployeds. | |
+3 letters: pseudonymity, pseudonymous. | |
+4 letters: compendiously. | |
+5 letters: pseudonymities, pseudonymously. | |
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