under a pseudonym
idiom
: using a false name instead of one's real name
She preferred to write under a pseudonym.
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The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith Highsmith first published this book under a pseudonym, for fear of being associated with it.
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The New Yorker, New Yorker, 17 Sep. 2025
Virgo: Chuck Shurley Chuck is an author who writes books about the Winchester Brothers’ lives and their adventures (under a pseudonym).
—Lisa Stardust, People.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Adapted from the novel King wrote under a pseudonym to separate his writing from his by-then celebrity status, the dystopian thriller is set somewhere, some place, some time, in a post-Vietnam War middle America.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 11 Sep. 2025
In late June, Reisinger-Kindle’s attorneys filed a legal memorandum challenging the patient’s ability to file the lawsuit under a pseudonym, arguing that she should be required to use her name.
—Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 8 July 2025
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The New Yorker, New Yorker, 17 Sep. 2025
Virgo: Chuck Shurley Chuck is an author who writes books about the Winchester Brothers’ lives and their adventures (under a pseudonym).
—Lisa Stardust, People.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Adapted from the novel King wrote under a pseudonym to separate his writing from his by-then celebrity status, the dystopian thriller is set somewhere, some place, some time, in a post-Vietnam War middle America.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 11 Sep. 2025
In late June, Reisinger-Kindle’s attorneys filed a legal memorandum challenging the patient’s ability to file the lawsuit under a pseudonym, arguing that she should be required to use her name.
—Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 8 July 2025
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