Pseudonymy
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Pseudonymy is a noun meaning The use of a pseudonym.
Meaning
The use of a pseudonym.
Example Sentences
Pseudonymy, as a modern institution, can thus be contrasted to the mere anonymity of the copyist.
The consequences of accepting the pseudonymy hypothesis are similar to those of accepting the forgery hypothesis.
It is now well known that the Irish employed pseudonymy in their Latin writings of that period. Some famous examples are the Pseudo-Augustinian De Mirabilibus Sacrae Scripturae, the Pseudo-Isidorian De Ordine Creaturarum, and the Cosmographia of the so-called "Aethicus Ister", ascribed by H. Löwe to Vergil (Fergil), an eight-century Irish bishop of Salzburg.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include pseudonym, pseudonymity, anonym, pseud, pseudo, pseudandry.
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