pseudonymous

English

Etymology

pseudonym +‎ -ous

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsuː.dəˌnɪm.əs/

Adjective

pseudonymous (not generally comparable, comparative more pseudonymous, superlative most pseudonymous)

1. Of or pertaining to a pseudonym.
2. (of a name) Fictitious.
3. That uses a pseudonym.
   • 2006, Penny McCarthy, Pseudonymous Shakespeare: Rioting Language in the Sidney Circle‎^[1]:

     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.

4. (computing, law) Pertaining to pseudonymization.

Related terms

• onymous
• anonymous
• pseudonym