pseudonymous
Writing under alias
Pseudonymous means written or operating under a false name.
A pseudonymous author publishes under a pen name rather than their legal identity: The pseudonymous blogger was eventually revealed to be a sitting senator.
The word applies to any work or activity where the creator's true identity is concealed behind an assumed name.
Adopted false name
Without any designation
- unidentifiedNot yet recognized
- unknownNot yet discovered
- undisclosedNot made known
- untraceableImpossible to follow back
faceless · unattributed · hidden · private · confidential · secretive · concealed · covert
Uncredited hired author
- bylineArticle author identification
- writerCreator of texts
- novelistWriter of prose narratives
- essayistAuthor of short prose
columnist · blogger · author · journalist · playwright · poet · biographer · scribe
Identity-concealing alteration
- masqueradeDeceptive act or costume party
- impersonationPretending to be another
- charadeAbsurd or obvious pretense
- pretenseDeceptive outward show
facade · cover · catfish · fraud · fake · hoax · ruse · subterfuge
Guarding against harm
- securityProtection from threat
- encryptionConverting data into code
- confidentialityQuality of protecting secrets
- shieldingProtecting from harm
safeguard · whistleblower · deniability · cybersecurity · masking · cloaking · VPN · Tor
alias
Adopted false name
avatar · persona · nickname · anon · throwaway · incognito · masked
nameless
Without any designation
- unidentifiedNot yet recognized
- unknownNot yet discovered
- undisclosedNot made known
untraceable · faceless · unattributed · hidden · private · confidential · secretive · concealed · covert · obscured
ghostwriter
Uncredited hired author
essayist · columnist · blogger · author · journalist · playwright · poet · biographer · scribe · contributor
disguise
Identity-concealing alteration
- masqueradeDeceptive act or costume party
- impersonationPretending to be another
- charadeAbsurd or obvious pretense
pretense · facade · cover · catfish · fraud · fake · hoax · ruse · subterfuge · impostor
protection
Guarding against harm
- securityProtection from threat
- encryptionConverting data into code
- confidentialityQuality of protecting secrets
shielding · safeguard · whistleblower · deniability · cybersecurity · masking · cloaking · VPN · Tor · burner
Banksy
Anonymous political street artist
- authorshipauthorship, author bio, byline, attributed, credited
pseudonymousnamed
Given an identifying label
credited · attributed · signed · identified · bylined