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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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Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 9 July 2025
The invitations were so scarce that at least one Tesla influencer, a person named Omar who goes by the pseudonym Whole Mars Catalog, offered to share rides for $10.
—David Ingram, NBC news, 5 July 2025
The pseudonym wasn’t due to the writer’s shyness, either.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 3 July 2025
Cuts bad for workers, 'and science ... and the public'
As for individual federal employees, some have taken to the r/cincinnati page of Reddit, under pseudonyms, to speak out.
—Patricia Gallagher Newberry, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
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“Pseudonym.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pseudonym. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.
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