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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.
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Fortesa Latifi, Rolling Stone, 21 Feb. 2025
The plaintiffs, named in the lawsuit using pseudonyms with their locations redacted, are currently housed in women's facilities but are slated to be transferred.
—Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 21 Feb. 2025
The woman behind the suit, who’s suing under a Jane Doe pseudonym, claims she was fired in June 2024 for complaining about Ye’s antisemitism after a chaotic six months working as a marketing specialist for the Yeezy brand.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 11 Feb. 2025
Stone’s mother was an actress, screenwriter, and newspaper columnist who wrote under the name Spellman Stone, so pseudonyms were a family tradition.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 5 Feb. 2025
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“Pseudonym.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pseudonym. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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