pseudonym

Definitions

pseudo- (false) + onym (name) = 'false name.' A pseudonym is the made-up name an author publishes under instead of their real one — the same -onym root as in synonym and anonymous, just with 'false' attached.

Common Collocations

• 1.under a pseudonym以笔名
• 2.adopt a pseudonym采用笔名
• 3.use a pseudonym使用化名
• 4.publish under a pseudonym以笔名出版

Example Sentences

• 1.

  She published her early novels under a pseudonym.

• 2.

  Mark Twain was the pseudonym of Samuel Clemens.