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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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Zac Ntim, Deadline, 2 Nov. 2025
What To Know ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) said Giancola, from Cape Coral, used a pseudonym on the social media platform BlueSky to post his threats against federal agents.
—Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
Blockchain and Bitcoin were created in 2009 by a person or group using the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto.
—Cheryl V. Jackson, IndyStar, 31 Oct. 2025
It was based on the novel of the same name by Maxwell Kenton (the pseudonym for Terry Southern and Mason Hoffenberg), with a script by Buck Henry.
—Rich Heldenfels, Boston Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
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“Pseudonym.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pseudonym. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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