Allonym

/ˈælənim/ noun

A name that belongs to or is characteristic of someone else; a false name taken from another person, or a pen name based on another's identity.

From Greek 'allo-' (other) + 'onym' (name). Coined as literary terminology, opposite of 'pseudonym,' meaning a name borrowed from another rather than invented.

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