Meanings
verbpseudonymize (third-person singular simple present pseudonymizes, present participle pseudonymizing, simple past and past participle pseudonymized)
present singular third person pseudonymizes · participle present pseudonymizing · participle past pseudonymized · past pseudonymized · alternative pseudonymise
- To make or render pseudonymous.
- computingTo depersonalize or anonymize (data); a procedure by which the most identifying fields within a data record are replaced by one or more artificial identifiers, or pseudonyms.
Origin
- Ancient Greekψεύδω (pseúdō)
- Ancient Greekψευδής (pseudḗs)
- Ancient Greekὄνῠμᾰ (ónŭmă)
- Ancient Greekψευδώνυμος (pseudṓnumos)
- Latinpseudōnymus
- Proto-Indo-European*h₃ed-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₃édosder.?
- Englishpseudonym(ous)
- Englishpseudonymize
From pseudonym(ous) + -ize, following the model of anonymize.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
French pseudonymiser
- pseudonymisermake or render pseudonymous
German pseudonymisieren, pseudonymisieren
- pseudonymisierenmake or render pseudonymous
- pseudonymisierendepersonalize or anonymize data by one or more artificial identifiers or pseudonyms
Irish ainm bréige a chur ar
- ainm bréige a chur ardepersonalize or anonymize data by one or more artificial identifiers or pseudonyms
Italian pseudonimizzare
- pseudonimizzaremake or render pseudonymous
Cite this entry
APA
pseudonymize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseudonymize
MLA
“pseudonymize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseudonymize. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pseudonymize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseudonymize.
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