Meanings
comparative more pseudonymous · superlative most pseudonymous
- not comparableusuallyOf or pertaining to a pseudonym.
- not comparableusuallyHaving the nature of a pseudonym; fictitious.
The abuse of children that goes on under the pseudonymous and euphemistic titles of "intergenerational sex" and "sexual liberation."
1984 August 18, Victoria A. Brownworth, “Rights Require Responsibility”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 6, page 9 - not comparableusuallyWho uses a pseudonym.
a pseudonymous author
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My angle has been more positivistic, my interest arising not out of the general phenomenon of pseudonymity, but out of particular puzzles posed by particular texts assigned to one pseudonymous writer.
2006, Penny McCarthy, Pseudonymous Shakespeare: Rioting Language in the Sidney CircleSynonyms: pseudonym
- not comparableusuallyThe author of which uses a pseudonym.
a pseudonymous work
- not comparableusuallycomputingPertaining to pseudonymization.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveWho uses a pseudonym.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivebearing or identified by an assumed (often pen) name
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Ancient Greekψεύδω (pseúdō)
- Ancient Greekψευδής (pseudḗs)
- Ancient Greekὄνῠμᾰ (ónŭmă)
- Ancient Greekψευδώνυμος (pseudṓnumos)
- Latinpseudōnymus
- Proto-Indo-European*h₃ed-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₃édosder.?
- Englishpseudonymous
Adapted borrowing of Latin pseudōnymus + -ous, from Ancient Greek ψευδώνῠμος (pseudṓnŭmos). By surface analysis, pseudo- + -onymous.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
French pseudonyme, pseudonyme
- pseudonyme(of a work) the author of which uses a pseudonym
- pseudonyme(of an author) who uses a pseudonym
Italian pseudonimo
- pseudonimo(of a work) the author of which uses a pseudonym
Spanish pseudónimo, pseudónimo
- pseudónimo(of a work) the author of which uses a pseudonym
- pseudónimo(of an author) who uses a pseudonym
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with pseudonymous
Cite this entry
pseudonymous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseudonymous
“pseudonymous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseudonymous. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pseudonymous,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseudonymous.
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