# pseudonym
## English
### Etymology

Back-formation of 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.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈs(j)uː.də(ʊ).nɪm/
* (US) IPA: /ˈsu.də.nɪm/, /ˈsu.doʊ.nɪm/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Audio (General Australian):(file)

### Noun

pseudonym (plural pseudonyms)
* A fictitious name (more literally, a false name), as those used by writers and movie stars.
    Synonym: anonym
    Antonyms: autonym, orthonym, alethonym
    Hyponyms: allonym; ananym; stage name; pen name, nom de plume; nom de clavier, nom de Web; nom de guerre
    Coordinate terms: alias; nickname, moniker, handle
    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".

#### Derived terms

* pseudonymic
* pseudonymisation
* pseudonymise
* pseudonymiser
* pseudonymity
* pseudonymization
* pseudonymize
* pseudonymized
* pseudonymizer
* pseudonymous
* pseudonymously
* pseudonymousness

#### Translations
### See also

* codename
* dysphemism
* euphemism
* nom de code

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈpsɛu̯donɪm]
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### Noun

pseudonym m inan
* pseudonym

#### Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

## Danish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sœvdonyːm/, [sœwd̥oˈnyːˀm]

### Noun

pseudonym n (singular definite pseudonymet, plural indefinite pseudonymer)
* pseudonym

#### Inflection
### Adjective

pseudonym
* pseudonymous

#### Inflection

$^1$ 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

* IPA: [psɔɪ̯doˈnyːm]
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

pseudonym (strong nominative masculine singular pseudonymer, not comparable)
* pseudonymous

#### Antonyms

* alethonym
* orthonym

### Adverb

pseudonym
* pseudonymously, in a pseudonymous manner

### Further reading

* “pseudonym” in Duden online
* “pseudonym” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Alternative forms

* psevdonym

### Etymology

From Ancient Greek ψευδώνυμος (pseudṓnumos).

### Noun

pseudonym n (definite singular pseudonymet, indefinite plural pseudonym or pseudonymer, definite plural pseudonyma or pseudonymene)
* pseudonym

### References

* “pseudonym” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Alternative forms

* psevdonym

### Etymology

From Ancient Greek ψευδώνυμος (pseudṓnumos).

### Noun

pseudonym n (definite singular pseudonymet, indefinite plural pseudonym, definite plural pseudonyma)
* pseudonym

### References

* “pseudonym” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.