pseudonymy

English

Etymology

From pseudo- +‎ -onymy.

Noun

pseudonymy (uncountable)

1. The use of a pseudonym.
   • 1976, Ludwig Bieler, John Joseph O'Meara, Bernd Naumann, Latin Scripts and Letters A.D. 400-900, →ISBN:

     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.

   • 1987, Mary Ellen Waithe, A History of Women Philosophers - Volume 1, →ISBN:

     The consequences of accepting the pseudonymy hypothesis are similar to those of accepting the forgery hypothesis.

   • 2003, David L. Eng, David Kazanjian, Loss: The Politics of Mourning, →ISBN, page 40:

     Pseudonymy, as a modern institution, can thus be contrasted to the mere anonymity of the copyist.