as in alias
a fictitious or assumed name
the most notorious serial killer of the 19th century remains known only by the pseudonym of Jack the Ripper
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Published under King’s pseudonym Richard Bachman, The Running Man is set in an America in 2025 under a totalitarian regime that uses violent game shows to placate the disenfranchised masses.
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Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 3 Apr. 2025
Chelsea, who asked to use a pseudonym to protect her husband, was pregnant with their second child at the time, and the family needed the cash.
—Teele Rebane, CNN Money, 2 Apr. 2025
King wrote the novel in 1979 under his then pseudonym Richard Bachman.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 1 Apr. 2025
His pseudonym is not intended to protect his identity, but to preserve the discretion about Antoinism required by his Council.
—Emilien Hofman (tr. Elettra Pauletto), The Dial, 20 Mar. 2025
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Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 3 Apr. 2025
Chelsea, who asked to use a pseudonym to protect her husband, was pregnant with their second child at the time, and the family needed the cash.
—Teele Rebane, CNN Money, 2 Apr. 2025
King wrote the novel in 1979 under his then pseudonym Richard Bachman.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 1 Apr. 2025
His pseudonym is not intended to protect his identity, but to preserve the discretion about Antoinism required by his Council.
—Emilien Hofman (tr. Elettra Pauletto), The Dial, 20 Mar. 2025
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“Pseudonym.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pseudonym. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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