pseudonymity
nounEtymology From pseudonym + -ity.
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Usually The state of being pseudonymous, of hiding one's true identity behind a pseudonym.
- To be sure the anticipatory proleptics of the "historical survey in future-form" associated with pseudonymity rests upon the literary fiction of the pre-historicality of the revelation of these secrets; but this fictionality is intended to emphasize precisely by means of its esoteric quality that God will allow the elect righteous (cf. I Enoch 1:1) and wise persons (cf. I Enoch 100:6, 104:12) of the present day to participate already in his revelation that has proceeded from the mouths of the righteous and wise ones of pre-history, through the "literary" medium of the book.1979, Erhardt Güttgemanns, Candid Questions Concerning Gospel Form Criticism, page 132:
- Look, Mark, your attempt at pseudonymity is transparent.2009 January 11, William Safire, “Haircut”, in New York Times:
- Related terms
- pseudonym, pseudonymic, pseudonymical, pseudonymically