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Meaning of Pseudonym | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
ˈs(j)uː.də(ʊ).nɪm

Definitions

A fictitious name (more literally, a false name), as those used by writers and movie stars.

Equivalents

Azərbaycanca təxəllüs
Беларуская псеўданім
བོད་སྐད མིང་རྫུས་མ
Català pseudònim
Čeština pseudonym
Cymraeg ffugenw
Dansk pseudonym
Deutsch Pseudonym
Ελληνικά ψευδώνυμο
Esperanto kaŝnomo pseŭdonimo
Español seudónimo
Magyar álnév
Bahasa Indonesia nama samaran pseudonim
Italiano pseudonimo
ქართული ფსევდონიმი
한국어 가명 익명 필명
Lietuvių slapyvardis
Македонски псевдоним
Polski pseudonim
Português pseudônimo
Română pseudonim
Kiswahili jina bandia
ไทย นามแฝง
Türkçe mahlas psödonim
Українська псевдонім
اردو عرف
Oʻzbekcha taxallus
Tiếng Việt biệt hiệu bút danh tên chữ tên tự

Examples

“The Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson wrote "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll.”
“I doubt, indeed, whether I should not abandon the struggle altogether—leave this sad world of ordinary life for which I am so ill fitted, abandon the name of Cummins for some professional pseudonym, complete my self-effacement, and—a thing of tricks and tatters, of posing and pretence—go upon the stage.”
“The best example of its literary use so far are the German novel The Golem, by Gustav Meyrink, and the drama The Dybbuk, by the jewish writer using the pseudonym "Ansky".”
““I, at first, tried to say, ‘Well, maybe it was an accident. Maybe it got stuck in a printer.’ That was my first thought,” Parker, who requested to go by a pseudonym due to fear of retaliation, tells Them.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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