assumed identity
Borrowed name, face
An assumed identity is a false persona adopted to conceal one's true self.
People take on assumed identities for various reasons—undercover agents infiltrating criminal organizations, witnesses hiding from threats, fugitives evading capture, or actors inhabiting roles.
He lived under an assumed identity for three years before investigators caught up with him.
The phrase emphasizes deliberate adoption rather than mistaken attribution.
- aliasAdopted false name
- disguiseIdentity-concealing alteration
- coverProtect by overlaying
- deep coverProlonged covert infiltration
- personaAssumed public identity
false name · new name · incognito · undercover · impersonation · masquerade · secret agent · spy · man of mystery · fake ID · false papers · pseudonym · double life · secret life · witness protection · on the run · chameleon · deception
- aliasesalias, pseudonym, code name, false name, cover name
- deception storiesconfidence games
- false identitiesalias, false name, pseudonym, fake ID, pen name
- identitiesalter ego, gender, persona, sexuality, alias
- doublesdouble, doubles, twin, twins, duplicate
- comic mishapsmisunderstanding, mix-up, miscommunication, blunder, mishap
assumed identityauthentic self
One's genuine identity
real self · legal name · birth name · real name · legal identity
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