pseudonymous
adjective
pseu·don·y·mous sü-ˈdä-nə-məs 
: bearing or using a fictitious name
a pseudonymous report
also : being a pseudonym
pseudonymously adverb
pseudonymousness noun
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Most Bitcoin advocates will tell you that proof-of-work mining is essential to keep the network secure, and would never dream of tampering with something first conceived by the currency’s pseudonymous creator, Satoshi Nakamoto. 
WIRED, 20 Aug. 2022 Meanwhile, a pseudonymous crypto trader who bet Kwon $10 million that his Luna cryptocurrency would be trading below $88 in March 2023 has now put another $10 million in the pot, according to crypto outlet The Block. Taylor Locke, Fortune, 10 May 2022 Few artists have made an impression on the sociopolitical landscape to the degree that the pseudonymous Banksy has. David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 July 2022 In the next several years, the doxxing conversation was dominated by debate around whether unmasking a pseudonymous person with a sizable following was an unnecessary and dangerous invasion of their privacy. Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 22 Apr. 2022 The crypto world loves to embrace larger-than-life heroes like Satoshi, Bitcoin’s pseudonymous founder, and Changpeng Zhao, maverick CEO of giant trading exchange Binance. Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 1 Aug. 2022 Warrants showed that police used an extensive network of city surveillance cameras and information on pseudonymous Facebook accounts to identify all of the people believed to be involved in the shooting. Taylor Hartz, Hartford Courant, 29 June 2022 That’s not the case with pseudonymous DeFi (though a handful of startups are working on inter-wallet messaging solutions, none of which Solend used). Danny Nelson, Fortune, 28 June 2022 It was coined by a pseudonymous fan-fiction writer who was trying to explain the origin of an ongoing conflict between copyright holders and the amateurs who were appropriating from their work to make new stories. Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 30 May 2022 See More
WIRED, 20 Aug. 2022 Meanwhile, a pseudonymous crypto trader who bet Kwon $10 million that his Luna cryptocurrency would be trading below $88 in March 2023 has now put another $10 million in the pot, according to crypto outlet The Block. Taylor Locke, Fortune, 10 May 2022 Few artists have made an impression on the sociopolitical landscape to the degree that the pseudonymous Banksy has. David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 July 2022 In the next several years, the doxxing conversation was dominated by debate around whether unmasking a pseudonymous person with a sizable following was an unnecessary and dangerous invasion of their privacy. Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 22 Apr. 2022 The crypto world loves to embrace larger-than-life heroes like Satoshi, Bitcoin’s pseudonymous founder, and Changpeng Zhao, maverick CEO of giant trading exchange Binance. Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 1 Aug. 2022 Warrants showed that police used an extensive network of city surveillance cameras and information on pseudonymous Facebook accounts to identify all of the people believed to be involved in the shooting. Taylor Hartz, Hartford Courant, 29 June 2022 That’s not the case with pseudonymous DeFi (though a handful of startups are working on inter-wallet messaging solutions, none of which Solend used). Danny Nelson, Fortune, 28 June 2022 It was coined by a pseudonymous fan-fiction writer who was trying to explain the origin of an ongoing conflict between copyright holders and the amateurs who were appropriating from their work to make new stories. Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 30 May 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Greek pseudōnymos
First Known Use
circa 1706, in the meaning defined above