Meaning of pseudandry | Babel Free
Definitions
The use by a female writer of a male pseudonym.
rare, uncountable
Examples
“It is a case of pseudandry when a woman adopts a man's name; for instance, Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin, afterward Dudevant, signed herself George Sand, […]”
“[…] and ends with Michael Strange, an example of pseudandry, or the use by a woman of a masculine pen name […]”
“A reprinting from the New Yorker Staats-Zeitung of a list of 279 examples of pseudandry (use of masculine name by a woman as a pseudonym) of chiefly German female writers.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.