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Pseudonym, has its origins in the Greek word pseudōnymos, which means "bearing a false name." Greek speakers formed their word by combining pseud-, meaning "false," and onyma, meaning "name." French speakers adopted the Greek word as pseudonyme, and English speakers later modified the French word into pseudonym. Many celebrated authors have used pseudonyms. Samuel Clemens wrote under the pseudonym "Mark Twain," Charles Lutwidge Dodgson assumed the pseudonym "Lewis Carroll," and Mary Ann Evans used "George Eliot" as her pseudonym.
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Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 10 Sep. 2025
This is a pseudonym for a woman who lost her job as a tutor during the Covid-19 pandemic, and then was recruited to work in a customer service job in Thailand.
—Christine Ro, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
The novel, written when King was just 19 years old, was the author’s first, although it wasn’t published until 1979 under his pseudonym Richard Bachman.
—Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025
In December 2023, a new suit was filed by plaintiffs Jane Doe, a Kentucky woman using a pseudonym to conceal her identity, Planned Parenthood and the ACLU, against the Office of the Commonwealth's Attorney.
—Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 2 Sep. 2025
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“Pseudonym.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pseudonym. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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