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Pseudonym

A fictitious name assumed for the time, as by an author; a pen name.

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Name 76% connected

The title by which any person or thing is known or designated; a distinctive specific appellation, whether of an individual or a class.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Anonym 92% connected

One who is anonymous; also sometimes used for "pseudonym."

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Access time noun · 78% connection

(computer science) the interval between the time data is requested by the system and the time the data is provided by the drive; "acce…

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Alias noun · 78% connection

Another name; an assumed name.

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Allonym noun · 78% connection

The name of another person assumed by the author of a work.

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Allonymous adjective · 78% connection

Published under the name of some one other than the author.

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Apocryphal adjective · 78% connection

Not canonical. Hence: Of doubtful authority; equivocal; mythic; fictitious; spurious; false.

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Apologue noun · 78% connection

A story or relation of fictitious events, intended to convey some moral truth; a moral fable.

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Appellative noun · 78% connection

A common name, in distinction from a proper name. A common name, or appellative, stands for a whole class, genus, or species of beings…

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Artificial adjective · 78% connection

Feigned; fictitious; assumed; affected; not genuine.

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Assumptive adjective · 78% connection

Assumed, or capable of being assumed; characterized by assumption; making unwarranted claims.

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Authentic noun · 78% connection

Having a genuine original or authority, in opposition to that which is false, fictitious, counterfeit, or apocryphal; being what it pu…

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Authorship noun · 78% connection

The quality or state of being an author; function or dignity of an author.

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Ballooning noun · 78% connection

The process of temporarily raising the value of a stock, as by fictitious sales.

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Bibliography noun · 78% connection

a list of writings with time and place of publication (such as the writings of a single author or the works referred to in preparing a…

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Bogus adjective · 78% connection

Spurious; fictitious; sham; -- a cant term originally applied to counterfeit coin, and hence denoting anything counterfeit.

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Commentitious adjective · 78% connection

Fictitious or imaginary; unreal; as, a commentitious system of religion.

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Composer noun · 78% connection

One who composes; an author. Specifically, an author of a piece of music.

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Congregation noun · 78% connection

the name assumed by the Protestant party under John Knox. The leaders called themselves (1557) Lords of the Congregation.

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Deforciant noun · 78% connection

One against whom a fictitious action of fine was brought.

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