pseudonymous

adjective

pseu·​don·​y·​mous sü-ˈdä-nə-məs 

: bearing or using a fictitious name

a pseudonymous report

also : being a pseudonym

pseudonymously adverb

pseudonymousness noun

Examples of pseudonymous in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The book, forthcoming in 2027, is not about Central Park, but about his early career as a roving pseudonymous correspondent for the then fledgling New York Times in the antebellum South, reporting (in part) on the physical structure of plantations. —Chloe Schama, Vogue, 21 Aug. 2025

The authorities also uncovered rolls of paper, which Weil reported as the text of a novel by Honoré de Balzac, a letter in Russian and calling cards that displayed a pseudonymous name used by Weil and other French mathematicians. —Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 20 Aug. 2025

The pseudonymous person or possible team of people behind Satoshi Nakamoto left the stage more than a decade ago. —Thomas Gallagher, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025

But much of the criticism focused on one of the paper’s sources, an pseudonymous academic on Twitter whose views on affirmative action and race and IQ have faced intense criticism. —Max Tani, semafor.com, 7 July 2025

Word History

Etymology

Greek pseudōnymos

First Known Use

circa 1706, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for pseudonymous

• euonymus
• elymus
• maximus
• epididymis
• grimace