Did you know?
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.
Examples of pseudonym in a Sentence
Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2024
Stateline agreed to use a pseudonym for this story and withheld Cancel’s full name for their safety.
—Nada Hassanein, USA TODAY, 15 Mar. 2024
That means patients like Melissa, who is going by a pseudonym given the sensitivity of the topic, are stuck in limbo, and in some cases running out of options.
—Brian Barrett, WIRED, 27 Feb. 2024
One of Hardy's victims, who went only by the pseudonym Melanie, told The Guardian that in school, Hardy was a target for bullies and seemed lonely.
—Jessica Sager, Peoplemag, 22 Feb. 2024
The last installment followed Goldberg — under the pseudonym Professor Jonathan Moore — in a new, academic career abroad.
—Esther Kang, Peoplemag, 25 Mar. 2024
The reference to the yacht’s name has had different explanations over the years, ranging from the pseudonym of a composer whose music Walker played as a child to a nod to the Beach Boys’s song from their 1988 album Still Cruisin’, which references a fictional utopian island called Kokomo.
—Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 15 Mar. 2024
With a core user base accustomed to hiding behind pseudonyms, employees never quite understood how to encourage people to go live.
—Paresh Dave, WIRED, 14 Mar. 2024
Craig Wright has long claimed to have been the author of a 2008 white paper, the foundational text of bitcoin, published under the pseudonym.
—Reuters, CNN, 15 Mar. 2024
These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'pseudonym.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.
Articles Related to pseudonym
Dictionary Entries Near pseudonym
Cite this Entry
“Pseudonym.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pseudonym. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
Copy Citation
Share