Pseudonym

Synonyms: alias, allonym, anonym, assumed name, false name, incognito, nickname, nom de guerre, nom de plume, pen name, professional name, sobriquet, stage name

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Pseudonym

(noun) a fictitious name, especially one used by an author; “Hanbury wrote a novel under the pseudonym of James Aston”

Pseudonym meaning in Hindi (English to Hindi Meaning)

उपनाम, झूठा नाम

Pseudonym Origin

mid 19th century: from French pseudonyme, from Greek pseudōnymos, from pseudēs ‘false’ + onoma ‘name’.

Pseudonym in a sentence (word usage in recent newspaper)

I had written a Faking News Post under a pseudonym against the rampant sexism at an age-old hostel tradition.
Her lawsuit, filed under the pseudonym Jane Roe, resulted in the court’s 1973 decision that established a woman’s right to an abortion.
But that is not why some women authors wrote under male pseudonyms.
3 Lewis Carroll was the pseudonym adopted by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson.
US President Barack Obama reportedly used a pseudonym in some of the e-mails he exchanged with Hillary Clinton.

Mnemonic trick to remember the meaning of pseudonym

pseudo = not real

Pseudonym Pronunciation