pseudonymous

[ soo-don-uh-muhs ]

adjective

1. bearing a false or fictitious name.
2. writing or written under a fictitious name.

Other Word Forms

• pseu·dony·mous·ly adverb
• pseu·dony·mous·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of pseudonymous¹

1700–10; < Greek pseudṓnymos; pseudonym, -ous

Example Sentences

"Just for the record, I was racist before it was cool," read one post from the pseudonymous account in July.

From BBC

That just doesn’t square with what I heard from a pseudonymous activist known as Lancaster Examiner, as I reported here.

From Salon

The next pseudonymous presenter, who called himself the Lancaster Examiner, took a hyper-local focus on how NAR power gets built from the ground up.

From Salon

One day, a package arrives addressed to Catherine, containing a pseudonymous novel that opens with the disclaimer that any resemblance between fiction and fact is intentional.

From Los Angeles Times

They are a dedicated, mostly pseudonymous group that produces a slew of pro-Trump videos and images, many of them crude, offensive, satirical or conspiratorial – while others are more traditional and religious-themed.

From BBC