allonym

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A pseudonym, (particularly) another person's name used as a pseudonym by the author of a work.
An allonymous work: a book published under the name of a person other than its true author.

/ˈal.əˌnɪm/ /ˈæl.əˌnɪm/

allonym allonyms

From allo- (“other, different”) + -onym (“name”), probably via French allonyme. Compare German allonym, Allonym. First attested in 1725.

autonym orthonym alethonym

apocrypha apocryphal work

allonymous

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