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PSEUDONYM

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A fictitious name used when the person performs a particular social role

Synonyms:

anonym; nom de guerre; pseudonym

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("pseudonym" is a kind of...):

name (a language unit by which a person or thing is known)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pseudonym"):

stage name (the pseudonym of an actor)

nom de plume; pen name (an author's pseudonym)

Derivation:

pseudonymous (bearing or identified by an assumed (often pen) name)

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